Statements

Interpretative Statement on the Ministerial Council Decision on Extension of the Appointment of the OSCE Secretary General (12/2/2023)
Interpretative Statement on the Ministerial Council Decision on the Extension of the Appointment of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (12/2/2023)
Interpretative Statement on the Ministerial Council Decision on the Appointment of the Director of the ODIHR (12/2/2023)
Interpretative Statement on the Ministerial Council Decision on the Extension of the Appointment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (12/2/2023)
Joint Statement on the Safety of Women Journalists (12/1/2023)
2023 Ministerial Council Closing Statement (12/1/2023)
Joint Statement on the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor of 1932 -1933 (12/1/2023)
Joint Statement on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (12/1/2023)
Interpretative Statement on the Ministerial Council Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2024 (12/1/2023)
Plenary Statement 30th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (11/30/2023)
On the Anniversary of Holodomor (11/23/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (11/23/2023)
Response to the Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Kelly Keiderling (11/23/2023)
Response to the Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro (11/23/2023)
On the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus (11/16/2023)
Response to the Report by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions on the Conflict in Georgia (11/16/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (11/16/2023)
Revised Provisional Expenditure Authorization to Fund Serbia Election Observation Mission (11/15/2023)
2023 EEDIM: Opening Statement (11/13/2023)
The Situation In and Around Nagorno-Karabakh (11/9/2023)
Response to the Report by the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (11/9/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (11/9/2023)
Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation – Permanent Council: Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) (11/8/2023)
Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation – Permanent Council: “Mental Health Impacts of War” (11/8/2023)
Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (11/2/2023)
Joint Statement of the informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (11/2/2023)
Response to Report by ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci (11/2/2023)
Right of Reply on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10/19/2023)
International Day of the Girl Child (10/19/2023)
Response to the Report by the Secretary General on the Unified Budget for 2024 (10/19/2023)
Joint Statement in Response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (10/19/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (10/19/2023)
On the unprecedented, orchestrated attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas against Israel (10/19/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference | Follow up on Invocations of the Moscow Mechanism (10/13/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Closing Statement (10/13/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 8: Humanitarian Issues (10/12/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 7: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination II (10/11/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 6: Rule of Law II (10/10/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 5: Rule of Law I (10/9/2023)
On the Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (10/6/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 4: Fundamental Freedoms II (10/6/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (10/5/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 3: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (10/5/2023)
On the Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (10/5/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 2: Fundamental Freedoms I (10/4/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 1: Democratic Institutions (10/3/2023)
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Opening Remarks (10/2/2023)
Joint Statement on the Recent Developments in the North of Kosovo (9/28/2023)
On the Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (9/28/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (9/28/2023)
On the OSCE’s Future and Institutional Challenges (9/27/2023)
Joint Statement on the First Anniversary of the Moscow Mechanism Report on Human Rights Violations And Abuses In The Russian Federation (9/21/2023)
Russia’s Detention of OSCE Officials as part of its War of Aggression Against Ukraine (9/21/2023)
Joint Statement on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (9/21/2023)
Response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania (9/21/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (9/21/2023)
On Azerbaijan’s military operation in Karabakh and its implications for the civilian population in the region (9/20/2023)
Opening Statement at the 2023 Prague Forum on the Economic and Environmental Dimension of the OSCE (9/14/2023)
U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: Opening Statement (9/13/2023)
Statement on the Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (9/12/2023)
Interpretative Statement under Paragraph IV.1(A)6 of the Rules of Procedure of OSCE (9/8/2023)
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (9/8/2023)
Fifteen years since the full-scale military aggression against Georgia by the Russian Federation (9/8/2023)
On the Anniversary of the Fraudulent Election in Belarus (9/8/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (9/7/2023)
Response to the Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Pia Kauma (9/7/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (8/24/2023)
Wildfires in Greece (7/27/2023)
On the Murder of Political Activist Oleg Horjan in the Transnistrian Region of the Republic of Moldova (7/27/2023)
U.S. National Statement on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (7/27/2023)
Response to the Financial Report and Financial Statements for 2022, the Report of the External Auditor and Annual Audit Committee Report (7/27/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (7/27/2023)
Forum for Security Cooperation: Closing Statement (7/26/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (7/25/2023)
The Nine Year Anniversary of the Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 (7/20/2023)
The 58th Round of the Geneva International Discussions on the Conflict in Georgia (7/20/2023)
Statement on the Secretary General’s Report “Response to the Implications of Afghanistan for the OSCE Region” (RIAOR) (7/20/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (7/20/2023)
Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan (7/20/2023)
On the 28th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide (7/13/2023)
Response to the Report by the Head of OSCE Center in Ashgabat (7/13/2023)
Response to the Annual Report by the OSCE Secretary General, H.E. Helga Schmid on Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan on Gender Equality (7/13/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (7/13/2023)
U.S. Statement: Security and Environment Nexus (7/12/2023)
On Serious Human Rights Violations in Russia (7/6/2023)
National Statement on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (7/6/2023)
Joint statement marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2023 (7/6/2023)
Response to the Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Kairat Abdrakhmanov (7/6/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (7/6/2023)
Conference of the States Parties of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: Withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the Treaty (6/29/2023)
Chairpersonship Security Review Conference 2023 Special session: Security situation in the OSCE area (6/28/2023)
International Day on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (6/22/2023)
In Observance of Pride Month (6/22/2023)
Response to the Report by the Head of OSCE Programme Office in Astana (6/22/2023)
World Refugee Day (6/22/2023)
Response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia (6/22/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (6/22/2023)
U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation Security Dialogue: UNSCR 1325 (6/21/2023)
Opening Statement at the 2023 Struga Conference on the Economic and Environmental Dimension of the OSCE (6/14/2023)
Statement on the Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office (6/8/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (6/8/2023)
Response to the Address by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (6/8/2023)
The Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (6/6/2023)
Response to the Address by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov (6/6/2023)
Joint statement on the recent developments in the north of Kosovo (6/1/2023)
Response to the Report of the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre (6/1/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (6/1/2023)
Response to the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (5/25/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (5/25/2023)
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia (5/18/2023)
Joint Statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia (5/18/2023)
Response to the Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Dominique Waag (5/18/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (5/18/2023)
ODIHR Final Elections Report on the 2022 Midterm Elections in the United States of America (5/11/2023)
Joint Statement of the informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists (5/11/2023)
Response to the Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro  (5/11/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (5/11/2023)
On the Moscow Mechanism exposing Systemic Human Rights Abuses and Violations by the Lukashenka Regime in Belarus (5/11/2023)
Joint Statement on the Report by the Rapporteur under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism on the Serious Threat to the OSCE Human Dimension in Belarus (5/11/2023)
On World Press Freedom Day (5/4/2023)
Joint Statement of the informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists on World Press Freedom Day (5/4/2023)
Joint Statement in Response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (5/4/2023)
Response to the Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Michael Davenport (5/4/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (5/4/2023)
On the Moscow Mechanism Report exposing Russia’s War Crimes against Ukraine’s Children (5/4/2023)
Joint Statement On the Report by the Rapporteurs under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism on the Forcible Transfer and/or Deportation of Ukrainian children (5/4/2023)
Checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor (4/27/2023)
Response to the Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova (4/27/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (4/27/2023)
Forum for Security Cooperation Opening Statement (4/26/2023)
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting Closing Remarks (4/25/2023)
The 57th Geneva International Discussions on the Conflict in Georgia (4/20/2023)
Political Repression in Russia (4/20/2023)
Response to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Skopje Ambassador Kilian Wahl (4/20/2023)
Response to OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid’s Update on OSCE’s Program to Combat Trafficking of Cultural Property (4/20/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (4/20/2023)
Response to the Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić (4/20/2023)
Remarks at the 23rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons (4/19/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (4/12/2023)
Kazakhstan’s Early Parliamentary Elections (3/30/2023)
Response to the Report of the OSCE Secretary General (3/30/2023)
Joint Statement on the Invocation of the Moscow Mechanism to Address the Forced transfer and deportation of children by the Russian Federation (3/30/2023)
Human Rights Situation in Russia (3/30/2023)
Response to the Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brian Aggeler (3/30/2023)
Response to the Report by the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (3/30/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (3/30/2023)
Forum for Security Cooperation | Closing Statement (3/29/2023)
Joint Statement: Moscow Mechanism Invocation on Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the Republic of Belarus (3/23/2023)
24th Anniversary of NATO Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Kosovo (3/23/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (3/23/2023)
International Day to Combat Islamophobia (3/16/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (3/16/2023)
Response to the Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (3/16/2023)
1st Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting: Joint Statement of the OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists (3/13/2023)
1st Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting: Joint Statement on the OSCE Moscow Mechanism (3/13/2023)
Joint Statement on the Political Prisoners in Belarus (3/9/2023)
On the Political Prisoners in Belarus (3/9/2023)
Response to the Report by the Secretary General (3/9/2023)
Response to the Report by the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan (3/9/2023)
International Women’s Day (3/9/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (3/9/2023)
U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation – Permanent Council: Security Dialogue on Women, Peace and Security (3/8/2023)
The International Court of Justice order regarding the Lachin Corridor (3/2/2023)
Response to the Secretary General’s Thematic Report: OSCE and Climate Change 2022 and prospects for the future (3/2/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (3/2/2023)
Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual OSCE Permanent Council Meeting (2/24/2023)
Response to the Address by the UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, H.E. Gillian Triggs (2/16/2023)
On the Political Prisoners in Belarus (2/16/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (2/16/2023)
Response to Türkiye Earthquakes (2/9/2023)
Humanitarian Crisis in Nagorno Karabakh (2/9/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (2/9/2023)
Response to the Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee; the Economic & Environmental Committee; & the Human Dimension Committee (2/9/2023)
U.S. National Statement for the OSCE Conference on Addressing Antisemitism in the OSCE Region (2/8/2023)
Right of Reply to the Russian Federation (2/2/2023)
Right of Reply to Japan on the Importance of the International Rules-based Order and Cooperation among Countries (2/2/2023)
On the further Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in Russia    (2/2/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (2/2/2023)
On the deadly armed attack against the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2/2/2023)
U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: General Statements (2/1/2023)
On political prisoners in Belarus (1/26/2023)
Response to the Address of the President of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (1/26/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (1/26/2023)
Response to the Address of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President (1/26/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (1/19/2023)
Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (1/19/2023)
U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: Opening Statement (1/18/2023)
Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan (1/17/2023)
The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine (1/13/2023)
Response to the Address by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, H.E. Mr. Bujar Osmani (1/12/2023)

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