News and press releases

VIENNA, 4 July 2011- Newly appointed OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking to the 56 OSCE participating States at a special session of the Permanent Council, said he would work to strengthen the OSCE Secretariat's effectiveness, raise the Organization's profile and improve co-ordination among the different parts of the OSCE...

VILNIUS/VIENNA, 30 June 2011 – Ambassador Lamberto Zannier of Italy has been appointed the new OSCE Secretary General through a unanimous Ministerial Council decision by the 56 participating States, announced the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today...

OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Omelianchuk on 15 June 2011 signed a contract extension with a Russian consortium for the safe disposal of 9,500 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in Ukraine...

The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2010 Annual Report today, 1 April 2011...

The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) International Transition Team, Martin Kreutner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing co-operation between the two organizations on 28 March 2011 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...

UNITED NATIONS, 24 February 2011 – The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to preventing and combating terrorism by focusing on all aspects of security and involving an array of partners, OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, told the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee today...

A group of academics from across the OSCE region met in the first OSCE Vienna Roundtable event to discuss the outcome of the 2010 Astana Summit.