As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council Vienna, January 26, 2012 The United States commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day which occurs tomorrow on January 27.  The date marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the largest Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau where Jews, Roma, Sinti, and others were targeted for extermination ... Read More»

As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council Vienna, January 26, 2012 Like the European Union, the United States strongly condemns the Minsk City Court’s failure to overturn Ales Byalyatski’s November 24 conviction and sentence.  We reiterate our earlier condemnation of the Government of Belarus’ politically-motivated prosecution of Mr. Byalyatski.  The United States ... Read More»

As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council Vienna, January 26, 2012 The United States wishes to join in the sentiments expressed by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic in her statement on January 25 and to express concern regarding the January 23 raid on independent weekly newspaper Vzglyad ... Read More»

As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council Vienna, January 26, 2012 We welcome the joint statement in Sochi of Presidents Medvedev, Aliyev, and Sargsian regarding the ongoing efforts to reach a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The United States, as a Co-Chair of the Minsk Group, remains strongly committed to achieving ... Read More»

As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council Vienna, January 19, 2012 The United States welcomes Ukraine to the OSCE Troika. The responsibilities of the Chairmanship-in-Office are many and require, above all, leadership by example. We note that Ukraine will have many opportunities this year to define the tenor of its chairmanship in ... Read More»