News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Engagement and resolve required to achieve concrete results, Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions tell OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
VIENNA, 14 November 2013 – All participants in the Geneva International Discussions – launched five years ago to address the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia – must show constructive engagement if progress is to be made, OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative for Conflicts Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia told representatives of OSCE participating States today...
Political leadership needed to tackle current tensions, Council of Europe Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Europe needs political leadership and better law making and enforcement if it is to solve current problems, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjrn Jagland told the OSCE Permanent Council on 24 October 2013...
Georgian Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, calls for active response to security and human rights situation, restoration of OSCE presence, confidence-building
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
VIENNA, 10 October 2013 – Georgian Foreign Minister Maja Panjikidze outlined foreign and domestic policy priorities, spoke about current security challenges in the region, and called for active engagement of the international community and OSCE in addressing them, in a speech to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
Challenges linked to Afghanistan after 2014 in focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
VIENNA, 9 October 2013 – Challenges to security and stability of Afghanistan, its neighbours and larger region after 2014, and how the international community, including the OSCE, can bolster support to the Afghanistan transition process, was the theme of today’s joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council in Vienna...
Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation addresses OSCE
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Dmitry Mezentsev, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 18 July 2013...
Swiss and Serbian foreign ministers prepare to lead OSCE
Publishing date: 2 July 2013
VIENNA, 2 July 2013 – The foreign minister of Switzerland and Serbia, Didier Burkhalter and Ivan Mrkić, outlined today the joint workplan of their consecutive Chairmanships of the OSCE in 2014 and 2015 at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna...
CIS Executive Secretary says co-operation must be strengthened in building security community, addressing transnational threats, observing elections
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
VIENNA, 27 June 2013- The Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Sergey Lebedev, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today, highlighted the need to step up co-operation between international organizations in building a security community, addressing transnational threats, including in the context of “Afghanistan post-2014”, and observing elections...