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      • Statements
        • Legislating violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms does not in some way make those violations less of a contravention of our core commitments.Right of Reply to the Russian Federation
        • Secretary Blinken Quote: “The entire world stands with Ukraine.”Right of Reply to Japan on the Importance of the International Rules-based Order and Cooperation among Countries
        • People hold pictures of Russia's political prisoners. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)On the further Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in Russia   
        • Emergency workers and local residents clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Yevgen Honcharenko)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
      • Ukraine Crisis
        • Secretary Blinken Quote: “The entire world stands with Ukraine.”Right of Reply to Japan on the Importance of the International Rules-based Order and Cooperation among Countries
        • Emergency workers and local residents clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Yevgen Honcharenko)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
        • Tanks participate in the Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus, 5 days before the start of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr., File)U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: General Statements
        • A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
      • Human Rights
        • Legislating violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms does not in some way make those violations less of a contravention of our core commitments.Right of Reply to the Russian Federation
        • People hold pictures of Russia's political prisoners. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)On the further Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in Russia   
        • Political prisonsers Mariya Kalesnikava, Viktar Barbaryka (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)) and Ales Bialiatski (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)On political prisoners in Belarus
        • Iceland's Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
      • Economic and Environmental Activities
        • Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting,Opening Statement at the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting
        • 2022 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum PragueClosing Statement at the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Concluding Meeting in Prague
        • Economic and Environmental Forum (OSCE)The Role of the Economic and Environmental Forum in Advancing Dialogue and Co-operation in the Second Dimension
        • This year marks the 30th anniversary of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF)Opening Statement at the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Concluding Meeting in Prague
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        • Participants of the 2022 @OSCE - @unodavienna Scholarship for Peace and Security Training Programme in front of the OSCE Participating States flagsOSCE – UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security Vienna Seminar Opening Session Welcome Remarks
        • Joint Statement on the OSCE’s role in supporting security sector governance and reform, OSCE MCJoint Statement on OSCE’s Role in Supporting Security Sector Governance and Reform as part of OSCE’s Comprehensive Approach to Security | OSCE MC
        • Joint Statement on Small Arms Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, OSCE MCJoint Statement on Small Arms Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition | OSCE Ministerial Council
        • Joint Statement on the Vienna Document 2021, OSCE MCJoint Statement on the Vienna Document | OSCE Ministerial Council
The 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

The 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

On December 1-2, 2022, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Poland will host the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź. Learn more about the 29th Ministerial Council >>

Warsaw Human Dimension Conference

Warsaw Human Dimension Conference

The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, held from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7, will provide a forum for governments and civil society to review participating States' compliance with their OSCE human rights commitments.

Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine

Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine

The current U.S. statement delivered at the Permanent Council details ongoing violations of international law and defiance of OSCE Principles and Commitments by the Russian Federation in Ukraine

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Belarus

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Belarus

The Lukashenka regime must end its irresponsible international behavior and its internal campaign of repression against the people of Belarus.

The High-Level Inauguration Meeting of the Renewed OSCE European Security Dialogue

The High-Level Inauguration Meeting of the Renewed OSCE European Security Dialogue

As delivered by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman

  
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Legislating violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms does not in some way make those violations less of a contravention of our core commitments.

Right of Reply to the Russian Federation

2 February, 2023 | Civil Society and NGOs, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination

Legislating violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms does not in some way make those violations less of a contravention of our core commitments.

Secretary Blinken Quote: “The entire world stands with Ukraine.”

Right of Reply to Japan on the Importance of the International Rules-based Order and Cooperation among...

2 February, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

"Aggression against Ukraine is not only a European problem but also a challenge to the very rules and principles of the international community.”

People hold pictures of Russia's political prisoners. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

On the further Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in Russia   

2 February, 2023 | Civil Society and NGOs, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination

 The Kremlin’s efforts to silence Navalny are part of a broader effort to limit the ability of the people of Russia to exercise their human…

Emergency workers and local residents clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Yevgen Honcharenko)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

2 February, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

Russia’s war of aggression continues to bring pain and suffering to Ukraine’s most vulnerable, including children.

Flags of the 57 OSCE participating States outside the Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna, Austria. (USOSCE/Colin Peters)

On the deadly armed attack against the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic...

2 February, 2023 | Statements

The United States condemns any form of violence and is committed to ensuring the safety and security of foreign diplomatic missions. 

Tanks participate in the Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus, 5 days before the start of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr., File)

U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: General Statements

1 February, 2023 | Arms control, Statements, Ukraine Crisis

Russia needs to stop its war of choice and withdraw from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders now.    

Political prisonsers Mariya Kalesnikava, Viktar Barbaryka (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)) and Ales Bialiatski (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

On political prisoners in Belarus

26 January, 2023 | Civil Society and NGOs, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements

The number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow and now numbers well over 1,400.

Screenshot of the website of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Response to the Address of the President of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination

Every single one of the millions murdered was a human being who had a story, a family, a life.  And so did the millions more…

A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

What Russia is trying to do today is quite simply to wipe out the sovereignty of an entire, independent nation. 

Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on January 26, 2023.

Response to the Address of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

We look forward to combining institutional strengths in support of sovereign, independent Ukraine, so that its people can continue on their chosen path of freedom…

A relative of the couple, Maksym and Nataliia Shvets, who died under the rubble after Russia hit their apartment block with a missile, cries on one of the coffins during a funeral service in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building, which triggered outrage, has climbed to 45. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

19 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

Since we met last week, the Kremlin has continued to inflict on Ukraine the kind of unconscionable violence and destruction that has become its trademark.

Iceland's Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún R....

19 January, 2023 | Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements

We can all see in autocratic Russia’s dangerous behavior how internal repression and external aggression are inextricably linked. 

Rescue workers clear the rubble from an apartment building that was destroyed in a Russian rocket attack at a residential neighbourhood in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: Opening Statement

18 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

In Russia’s world, or should I say the Russkiy Mir, where “might makes right,” there is no room for security or cooperation.

Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan to the OSCE Permanent Council.

Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan

17 January, 2023 | Human Rights, Statements

The United States, too, is gravely concerned that the Lachin corridor has now been obstructed for more than 30 days, creating critical shortages of food,…

A cupola lies on the ground in front of the Orthodox Church which was destroyed by Russian forces in the recently retaken village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

13 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

For as long as it takes, literally for as long as it takes, the United States will continue to support Ukraine as it defends itself…

Response to the Address by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North...

12 January, 2023 | OSCE Institutions, Statements

Russia’s war has “undermined the European security architecture and threatened the peace and stability of the continent and beyond.”

Russia’s Move Against the Moscow Helsinki Group Further Isolates It and Injures Its Own People

22 December, 2022 | Civil Society and NGOs, Human Rights, Statements

The accusations against the Moscow Helsinki Group are only the latest in a long series of efforts by the Kremlin to suppress independent voices of…

Interpretative Statement on the Extension of the OSCE Mission to Moldova

22 December, 2022 | Statements

The Russian delegation’s refusal to provide consensus on the Mission’s standard one-year mandate is contrary to Russia’s commitments to the participating States of the OSCE.

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