News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Albanian Chairmanship of Council of Europe calls for ‘upgrade’ of co-operation with OSCE
Publishing date: 14 June 2012
VIENNA, 14 June 2012- Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto, speaking today in Vienna in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, outlined his country’s Chairmanship priorities to OSCE participating States and pointed to areas for further strengthening co-operation between the two organizations...
Secretary General of GUAM addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 17 May 2012
VIENNA, 17 May 2012- Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM), outlined the current priorities of his organization in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council...
OSCE must focus on areas where it can add value, says Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Commissioner
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
VIENNA, 19 April 2012 – In its human dimension work, the OSCE must focus on areas where it can bring added value, and pay special attention to protecting rights of national minorities, freedom of movement, combating trafficking and developing single rules of election monitoring, said Ambassador Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Academy’s Director presents to Permanent Council educational, research programmes for Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek has since 2002 worked to promote the OSCE agenda of regional co-operation in Central Asia, said the Academy’s Director, Maxim Ryabkov, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 19 April 2012...
Council of Europe Secretary General, addressing OSCE states, calls for enhanced co-operation
Publishing date: 29 March 2012
VIENNA, 29 March 2012 – The Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, called on the 56 OSCE participating States today to strengthen co-operation with the Council of Europe...
Developments in Middle East, North Africa reaffirm need for co-operation, reform, Jordanian Foreign Minister tells OSCE States
Publishing date: 15 March 2012
VIENNA, 15 March 2012 – The Foreign Minister of Jordan, Nasser Judeh, highlighted the need to intensify co-operation and reform processes to address security threats in the Middle East in a speech to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner addresses OSCE, stresses need to co-operate to confront negative trends
Publishing date: 2 February 2012
VIENNA, 2 February 2012 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, in today’s address to the OSCE Permanent Council emphasized the need for the Council or Europe, the OSCE and other international actors to further co-operate to counter negative developments in relation to human rights issues...