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Past events (31)
Model OSCE: second round of negotiations in Belgrade
Tuesday, 08.07.2014
– Thursday, 10.07.2014
Conference; OSCE
Following the first round of negotiations in January 2014 in Vienna, the second Model OSCE simulation takes place in Belgrade. The Swiss OSCE Chairmanship organises the event in close cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Location: Belgrade
OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Tuesday, 24.06.2014
– Tuesday, 24.06.2014
Conference; OSCE
At the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference, the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr Didier Burkhalter, will advocate joint efforts to strengthen cooperative security.
Location: Vienna
OSCE conference on the protection of human rights defenders
Tuesday, 10.06.2014
– Wednesday, 11.06.2014
Conference; OSCE
The Swiss Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is organising an international conference on human rights defenders in conjunction with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and with the support of the Serbian Chairmanship 2015.
Location: Bern
OSCE meeting and field visits on disaster risk reduction in Montreux and the Valais
Tuesday, 20.05.2014
– Wednesday, 21.05.2014
Conference; OSCE
Officials and experts from 57 OSCE participating States are meeting to exchange experiences on effective ways to manage risks posed by environmental disasters, and to look at how they are applied in practice.
Location: Montreux and Valais
Third regional civil society conference in Dushanbe
Tuesday, 20.05.2014
– Wednesday, 21.05.2014
Conference; OSCE
Following the first two regional civil society workshops in Belgrade and Vienna, the third of four regional workshops within the framework of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship is taking place in Dushanbe (Tajikistan).
Location: Duschbane
Didier Burkhalter speaks to the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU
Monday, 12.05.2014
– Monday, 12.05.2014
OSCE
Following an invitation by the EU, Didier Burkhalter is participating in the EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss possible steps to de-escalate the violence in Ukraine.
Location: Brussels
Meeting with Vladimir Putin
Wednesday, 07.05.2014
– Wednesday, 07.05.2014
OSCE
The President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, is travelling to Russia in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE.
Location: Moscow
International Conference on the fight against terrorism
Monday, 28.04.2014
– Tuesday, 29.04.2014
Conference; OSCE
An international conference on the fight against terrorism is holdat the initiative of the Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Conference brings together the national counterterrorism coordinators of the OSCE participating States, as well as representatives from civil society and academia.
Location: Interlaken
Visit by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter to the Western Balkans
Thursday, 24.04.2014
– Friday, 25.04.2014
Travel; OSCE
The first official visit as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the priority region of the Western Balkans by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, takes place in April. The visit takes him to Serbia, Albania and Kosovo, where he meets with political decision-makers and discussed the engagement of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship.
Location: Western Balkans
Conference on the prevention of torture
Thursday, 10.04.2014
– Friday, 11.04.2014
Conference; OSCE
A conference on the prevention of torture organised by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship is taking place in Vienna.
Location: Vienna
Second regional civil society conference in Vienna
Monday, 07.04.2014
– Wednesday, 09.04.2014
Conference; OSCE
Following the success of the first regional civil society conference in Belgrade at the end of February, the second of four workshops within the framework of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship is taking place in Vienna from 7-9 April 2014.
Location: Vienna
Second an observer mission to Ukraine
Friday, 21.03.2014
– Friday, 21.03.2014
OSCE
Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), welcomes the decision taken by the Permanent Council of the OSCE to second an observer mission to Ukraine.
Location: Bern
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