News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Co-operation needed to combat drug trafficking, director of Central Asian co-ordination centre tells OSCE
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
VIENNA, 18 November 2010- International co-operation and co-ordination is crucial to combat drug trafficking, the head of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Chairperson calls for constructive co-operation among participating States ahead of Astana Summit
Publishing date: 15 November 2010
VIENNA, 15 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State, Kanat Saudabayev, urged the States today to work constructively on a document to be agreed on at the 1-2 December OSCE Summit in Astana...
Ukraine deputy Foreign Minister outlines bid to chair OSCE in 2013
Publishing date: 11 November 2010
VIENNA, 11 November 2010- Ukraine is ready to put its expertise and experience at the service of the OSCE, both by playing a constructive role at the upcoming OSCE Summit and as potential chairmanship country in 2013...
Organization of American States Secretary General stresses need for strengthened regional co-operation in address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 27 October 2010
VIENNA, 28 October 2010- Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today stressed the importance of strengthened co-operation in addressing security challenges...
EU Special Representative for Moldova addresses OSCE Permanent Council, urges restart of formal '5+2' Transdniestria negotiations ahead of Summit
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
VIENNA, 23 September 2010- Kalman Mizsei, the EU Special Representative for Moldova, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council today, calling for a restart of formal "5+2" negotiations on the Transdniestrian conflict by the OSCE Summit in December...
Chairman of Executive Committee of International Fund for Saving Aral Sea addresses OSCE Permanent Council, calls for effective regional co-operation
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
VIENNA, 29 July 2010- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council today, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Sagit Ibatullin stressed the need of more effective co-operation in the Aral Sea Basin region...
OSCE Permanent Council approves deployment 'without delay' of police advisors to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2010
VIENNA, 22 July 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States agreed the deployment of police advisors to Kyrgyzstan in a decision taken by the Permanent Council in Vienna today...