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In what follows, we will provide you, dear readers, with announcements and news about the current developments in the OSCE.
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At the Ministerial Council of the OSCE in Vilnius (Lithuania), Switzerland campaigned for the Swiss-Serbian bid for consecutive chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Since 10 February 2012 it is confirmed: Switzerland will hold for the second time the OSCE Chairmanship in 2014.
Media release: Switzerland to be chairman-in-office of the OSCE in 2014
- Upon invitation by Switzerland, the Warsaw-based Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) sent out a mission charged with the observation of the federal elections on 23 October 2011. This year's mission was particularly interested in the various pilot projects concerning E-Voting facilities which were realized for the first time by a number of cantons.
- On 7 – 9 November 2011, the three special representatives of the OSCE Chairmanship for tolerance and non-discrimination visited Switzerland. They met with Swiss authorities and representatives of the civil society to discuss the situation of religious groups in Switzerland as well as questions concerning discrimination, xenophobia and racism in general.
The Swiss Delegation to the OSCE speaks out on important issues in all three dimensions that make up the comprehensive concept of security in the OSCE. Especially in the weekly sessions of the Permanent Council and in the Human Dimension Committee, which is chaired by Switzerland in 2011 and 2012, Switzerland has repeatedly taken a stand.
In the following, you will find, dear reader, a constantly updated selection of the most critical statements and presentations:
- Situation in Ukraine (11 Kb, pdf)
Joint Statement of Norway, Canada, Liechtenstein and Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 3 May 2012 - Facilitation of voting in Kosovo in the Serbian elections (de) (12 Kb, pdf)
Joint Statement of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 3 May 2012 - Death Penalty in Belarus (fr) (11 Kb, pdf)
Statement of Switzerland in the Permanent Coucil of 22 March 2012 - Francophonie Day (fr) (19 Kb, pdf)
Statement of Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 22 March 2012 - Presidential Elections in Russia (10 Kb, pdf)
Joint Statement of Canada, Liechtenstein and Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 8 March 2012 - LGBT Rights in Russia (8 Kb, pdf)
Statement of Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 1 December 2011 - Conviction of Yulia Timoshenko (13 Kb, pdf)
Joint Statement of Switzerland, Canada, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein in the Permanent Council of 13 October 2011 - Death Penalty in Belarus (fr) (80 Kb, pdf)
Joint Statement of Switzerland, San Marino, Norway and Andorra in the Permanent Council of 1 September 2011 - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (fr) (19 Kb, pdf)
Statement of Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 7 July 2011 - International Day against Homophobia (de) (162 Kb, pdf)
Statement of Switzerland in the Permanent Council of 19 May 2011
- Report on the Activities of the Human Dimension Committee (254 Kb, pdf)
Presentation by Ambassador Thomas Greminger on the activities of the Human Dimension Committee, delivered in the Permanent Council of 22 March 2012 - Report on the Activities of the Human Dimension Committee (187 Kb, pdf)
Presentation by Ambassador Thomas Greminger on the activities of the Human Dimension Committee, delivered in the Permanent Council of 22 September 2011 - Objectives, Methodology and Program of the Human Dimension Committee (26 Kb, pdf)
Intervention by Ambassador Thomas Greminger as the Chairman of the Human Dimension Committee in the Permanent Council of 27 January 2011
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