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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Greminger Concerned about Latest Developments in Spain
Publishing date: 2 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 2 October 2017- The Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today expressed concern about recent developments in Spain...
OSCE website now available in six official languages
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 30 June 2017 – The OSCE website (www.osce.org) is as of today available in all six of the Organization’s official languages – English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, extending the OSCE’s outreach to millions more people across the world...
Austrian Deputy Foreign Minister Linhart and OSCE Secretary General Zannier sign Headquarters Agreement regulating presence of OSCE in Austria
Publishing date: 14 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 14 June 2017 – Austria’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Michael Linhart, today reaffirmed his country’s commitment and support to the OSCE as he joined the Organization’s Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, in signing a Headquarters Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the OSCE...
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 meeting in Baden, Austria, explores how to better utilize the nexus between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women
Publishing date: 27 April 2017
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
The link between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on 25 and 26 April 2017 in Baden, Austria...
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...