News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE welcomes Belgrade-Pristina agreement
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
KYIV/VIENNA, 19 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier welcomed today’s Belgrade-Pristina agreement facilitated by the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in Brussels...
OSCE Secretary General met President of the European Council in Brussels
Publishing date: 10 April 2013
The current challenging political and economic environment calls for focused international response, said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy during their meeting on 10 April 2013...
OSCE Secretary General meets Azerbaijani President, Foreign Minister in Baku
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
BAKU, 15 March 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku today...
OSCE Secretary General welcomes new 3 March deadline for candidates’ submissions for elections in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
VIENNA, 27 February 2013- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today welcomed the adoption by Parliament of the new deadline of 3 March for submitting candidate lists as “a new window of opportunity”, which he trusts everybody will benefit from in the interest of long-term political stability and development of the country...
OSCE Special Representative calls for more co-operation to prevent human trafficking in Mediterranean
Publishing date: 8 February 2013
ROME, 8 February 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for greater dialogue and co-operation among Mediterranean States at a seminar today on human trafficking in the region...
OSCE Secretary General visits Uzbekistan, calls for increased co-operation
Publishing date: 23 January 2013
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, during his visit to Uzbekistan from 21 to 23 January 2013, discussed with the country’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other senior officials ways to strengthen co-operation...
Reconciliation key to breaking ‘cycle of enmity’, OSCE Secretary General tells meeting participants
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
VIENNA, 18 December 2012 – Reconciliation is key to overcoming the lack of trust and animosity with the aim to facilitate progress towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security community in the OSCE region, said participants at an OSCE workshop in Vienna today...