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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter to visit Central Asian States
18.11.2014
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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter to visit Central Asian States
18.11.2014
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Topical politics and historical events: President Burkhalter meets representatives of the Belgian government in Brussels, and attends commemoration of First World War casualties in Ypres
14.11.2014
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Today's visit of President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter to Belgium has two distinct parts. This morning he was received by Philippe, King of the Belgians, and held political talks with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders. The afternoon is dedicated to commemorating the suffering and the victims of the First World War, when President Burkhalter will visit a trench system from that time in Ypres, and take part in a ceremony of remembrance with three classes of Swiss schoolchildren. For President Burkhalter, visiting the former battlefields in West Flanders is symbolic of the ongoing need to do everything possible to secure peace.
Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
13.11.2014
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Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
13.11.2014
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"Promoting tolerance and combating anti-Semitism - our collective endeavour because it is our common history and our common future"
13.11.2014
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Bern, 13.11.2014 - Berlin, 13.11.2014 - Opening address by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Didier Burkhalter, at the Conference on Anti-Semitism of the OSCE - Check against deliviery
Concerned about violent incident at Line of Contact, CiO calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to strictly adhere to ceasefire
13.11.2014
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Concerned about violent incident at Line of Contact, CiO calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to strictly adhere to ceasefire
13.11.2014
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President Burkhalter calls on politicians and civil society to take a clear stand against anti-Semitism
13.11.2014
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At the Conference on Anti-Semitism in Berlin, President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter praised the action that the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has taken over the past ten years to combat anti-Semitism. Burkhalter, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, called for a strong ongoing commitment to fighting hostility against the world's Jews. He believes that young people, in particular, hold great potential in efforts to counter the dangers of anti-Semitism.
Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
12.11.2014
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Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
12.11.2014
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Speaking out for tolerance and dialogue: President Burkhalter to travel to Berlin, Brussels and Ypres
11.11.2014
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On 13 November 2014, the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, will take part in the Conference on Anti-Semitism of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), where he will address the conference in his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. On 14 November he will then travel to Belgium where he will meet the King of the Belgians, Philippe, the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, and the foreign minister, Didier Reynders, in Brussels. The afternoon will be dedicated to the memory of the victims of the First World War: In Ypres, President Burkhalter will attend a memorial event where he will meet the three Swiss school classes that won first prize in the competition on the subject of the First World War that he launched in March.