News and press releases

VIENNA, 24 September 2009- The OSCE has made strides in promoting gender equality and mainstreaming gender in its programmes and projects but further work is needed, found a report presented to the OSCE's participating States today...

VATICAN CITY, 15 April 2009- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut had a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI today, where they discussed security co-operation in the OSCE area, and promoting tolerance and non-discrimination...

ATHENS, 12 November- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, began a two-day visit to Athens today for talks with Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and other officials as Greece prepares to chair the Organization in 2009...

GENEVA, 15 October 2008- The OSCE, UN and EU co-chaired discussions on Georgia in Geneva today and it was agreed the parties would meet again next month.

GENEVA, 14 October 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner today to discuss Wednesday's diplomatic-level discussions on Georgia.

KABUL, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, met President Hamid Karzai today to discuss assistance the Organization could provide to Afghanistan...

VIENNA, 18 August 2008- At the request of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut was in Vladikavkaz on Saturday and Sunday to meet refugees from South Ossetia and assess the humanitarian situation first-hand...