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OSCE Permanent Council expresses support for Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 28 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 April 2017- The OSCE Permanent Council issued in Vienna yesterday a declaration of support for the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine following the tragic incident in eastern Ukraine on 23 April in which an SMM patrol member was killed in the line of duty by an explosion...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Zannier strongly condemn attack on Parliament in Skopje
Publishing date: 27 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 27 April 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier firmly condemn tonight’s attack on the Parliament building in Skopje. Violence can not substitute for political solutions. Such solutions must be found within the democratic processes in a responsible manner...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine patrol member killed in explosion near Luhansk
Publishing date: 23 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LUHANSK, 23 April 2017 – A paramedic who was part of a patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) died and two SMM monitors were taken to hospital today after their vehicle was heavily damaged by an explosion near Pryshyb in a non-government controlled area of Luhansk region...
OSCE Secretary General meets Albania’s Defence Minister
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Albania’s Minister of Defence Mimi Kodheli on 7 April 2017 during her bilateral visit to Austria...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Zannier condemn atrocious blast in St. Petersburg
Publishing date: 3 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 3 April 2017- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the atrocious blasts in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, offering condolences to the families of those killed and wishing a rapid recovery to the many injured...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn heinous attacks in London
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 22 March 2017 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the abject attacks in London, offering their sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and wishing those hurt and caught up in the incidents a rapid recovery...
OSCE Secretary General briefs 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier briefed the 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on 14 March 2017 in Vienna, highlighting the OSCE’s activities in tackling the world drug problem...