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☆ OSCE Limps Through Another Year as Russia Relents on Veto
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dec. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SKOPJE (Reuters) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) should continue to function for another year as frequent holdout Russia joined others on Friday in approving Malta as OSCE chair for 2024 and extending four senior officials in their positions. The OSCE is the successor to a body set up during the Cold War for the east and west to engage with each other. In recent years, however, and especially since it invaded Ukraine, Russia has used what is effectively a veto each country has to block many key decisions, often crippling the organization. Russia spent months preventing NATO member Estonia from becoming the next OSCE chair as originally planned. While relenting on vetoes that could have brought the OSCE even closer to collapse, Russia showed no sign of warming to its critics among the OSCE's 56 other member states, particularly the United States.

Persons: Russia, Helga Schmid, Ukraine's, Sergei Lavrov, Antony Blinken, relenting, Lavrov, Blinken, OSCE Michael Carpenter, Fedja Grulovic, Felix Light, Francois Murphy Organizations: Reuters, Organization, Security, Cooperation, OSCE, NATO, Russian, Union Locations: SKOPJE, Europe, Malta, Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Friday's, Macedonia, Skopje, Baltic, U.S, United States, Moscow

☆ OSCE Meeting Causes Rift Over Whether to Share Stage With Russia's Lavrov
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

The United States and its allies are seeking to simultaneously keep the OSCE alive and hold Russia to account over its invasion of Ukraine. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told reporters at a meeting with his counterparts from other NATO member states. Estonia had been due to take over the annually rotating OSCE chairmanship but Russia spent months blocking it. A last-minute deal for neutral Malta to take over the chairmanship must also be formally approved at Thursday and Friday's OSCE meeting in Skopje, hosted by the current chair North Macedonia. I think that is simply wrong," Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins told reporters at the NATO meeting.

Persons: Andrew Gray, Francois Murphy, Ingrid Melander, Russia's Sergei Lavrov, Margus Tsahkna, Lavrov, Tsahkna, OSCE Michael Carpenter, Antony Blinken, Vladimir Putin, Helga Schmid, Krisjanis Karins, Humeyra Pamuk, William Maclean Organizations: Organization, Security, Cooperation, OSCE, Central Asia, Ukrainian Foreign, AS, United, U.S, Macedonian, United Nations General Assembly, NATO Locations: Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS, VIENNA, Baltic, Ukraine, Russia, Balkans, Central, United States, Estonian, Estonia, Malta, Skopje, Macedonia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moscow, West, New York, Latvian

[1/3] Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov disembarks from a plane upon his arrival at an airport ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Skopje, North Macedonia, November 30, 2023. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told reporters on Wednesday in Brussels where he attended a NATO meeting. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said he understood unease about Lavrov attending the meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia. But he said it was a chance for Lavrov to hear broad condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine. I think that is simply wrong," said Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins.

Persons: Sergei Lavrov disembarks, Russia's Sergei Lavrov, Margus Tsahkna, Lavrov, Josep Borrell, Borrell, Dimitar Kovacevski, OSCE Michael Carpenter, Antony Blinken, Helga Schmid, Krisjanis Karins, Humeyra Pamuk, Aleksandar Vasovic, Ronald Popeski, Francois Murphy, William Maclean, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Organisation for Security, Cooperation, Russian Foreign Ministry, REUTERS Acquire, Organization for Security, Baltic, OSCE, Soviet, NATO, Tass, Russian, North Macedonia's, Kremlin, AS, Ukraine, United, U.S, United Nations General Assembly, Thomson Locations: Europe, Skopje, North Macedonia, BRUSSELS, VIENNA, Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Estonian, Brussels, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Belarus, United States, Moscow, West, New York, Latvian

☆ Neutral Malta to Chair OSCE After Moscow Blocks NATO Member Estonia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

OSCE countries' foreign ministers meet on Thursday and Friday in the North Macedonian capital of Skopje to discuss the chair role and renewing four senior OSCE officials in their posts at the Vienna-based organisation. Small, neutral European Union member state Malta was acceptable to all sides. The deal "brings with it the guarantee of another year of functionality and a legitimate chair," one senior Western diplomat said. Russia and staunch ally Belarus have still not backed the renewal of four senior OSCE officials in their posts, including veteran German diplomat Helga Schmid as OSCE secretary-general, diplomats said. "We do care about the top four but the chair is existential - the organization cannot operate without it," the Western diplomat said.

Persons: Francois Murphy VIENNA, Bujar Osmani, Helga Schmid, Francois Murphy, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Organization for Security, Cooperation, OSCE, Macedonian, Twitter, European, NATO, Union Locations: Europe, Malta, Russia, Estonia, Macedonian, Skopje, Vienna, United States, Canada, Central Asian, European Union, Britain, Ukraine, Belarus, Western, Moscow, Washington

Acesta se va afla la Viena timp de 3 zile. Programul vizitei include întrevederi cu omologul austriac, Alexander Schallenberg, ministru al afacerilor externe și europene al Austriei, Martin S. Ledolter, directorul Agenției austriece pentru dezvoltare, Helga Schmid, secretarul general al OSCE, Ghada Waly, directorul general al Oficiului ONU de la Viena, ambasadorul Thomas Mayr-Harting, reprezentantul special pentru reglementare transnistreană și cu membrii grupului de prietenie parlamentară Moldova, Ucraina și Belarus. În cadrul vizitei vor fi abordate temele referitoare la relațiile de cooperare moldo-austriacă la nivel bilateral, o atenție deosebită fiind acordată componentei economice și proiectelor de cooperare pentru dezvoltare. Totodată, ministrul interimar al afacerilor externe va discuta agenda europeană și progresele înregistrate de Republica Moldova în realizarea angajamentelor europene ale țării. Pe agenda discuțiilor cu oficialii austrieci și cu reprezentanții organizațiilor internaționale cu sediul la Viena se va afla și procesul de soluționare a conflictului transnistrean, situația regională, precum și criza sanitară globală.

Persons: Alexander Schallenberg, Martin S . Ledolter, Helga Schmid, Ghada, Thomas Organizations: ONU Locations: Viena, austriac, Austriei, OSCE, Moldova, Ucraina, Belarus, austriacă, Republica Moldova

☆ Генеральным секретарем ОБСЕ впервые стала женщина
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-04 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Немецкий дипломат Хельга Шмид (Helga Schmid) в пятницу, 4 декабря, была избрана новым генеральным секретарем Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ). Представитель Германии уже являлся генсеком ОБСЕ — с 1993 по 1996 годы пост занимал Вильгельм Хёинк (Wilhelm Höynck), передает Deutsche Welle. Официальный Берлин будет всеми силами поддерживать Шмид, подчеркнул министр иностранных дел ФРГ Хайко Мас (Heiko Maas). Он добавил, что не может представить себе «лучшей кандидатуры» на пост генсека ОБСЕ и особо выделил «большое доверие» к Шмид. Швейцарец Томас Гремингер являлся генеральным секретарем ОБСЕ с июля 2017 года до июля 2020-го, ряд государств выступили против продления его мандата.

Persons: Хельга Шмид ( ), Вильгельм Хеинк, Шмид, Хайко Мас, Томас Гремингер Organizations: Организация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ), ОБСЕ, Европейская служба внешнеполитическая деятельность () Locations: Германия, Берлин, ФРГ, Евросоюз, Иран, Северная Америка, Европа, Центральная Азия, Вена

☆ Noul secretar general al OSCE este Helga Schmid
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Decizia a fost luată vineri, prin consens, de miniştrii de externe ai celor 57 de state membre ale OSCE, într-o reuniune prin videoconferinţă, scrie agerpres.ro Schmid s-a remarcat mai ales ca unul dintre negociatorii importanţi înaintea semnării acordului internaţional privind programul nuclear iranian, în 2015.Helga Schmid preia funcţia în contextul manifestării unor crize majore, precum cele din Belarus, Ucraina şi regiunea Nagorno-Karabah.Postul de secretar general al OSCE şi alte funcţii importante din cadrul acestui for erau vacante din luna iulie, după ce Azerbaidjanul, Tadjikistanul şi Turcia s-au opus prelungirii mandatelor agenţiilor OSCE specializate în supravegherea respectării standardelor democratice şi libertăţii media.

Persons: agerpres.ro Schmid, Helga Schmid Organizations: OSCE Locations: OSCE, Belarus, Ucraina, Nagorno -, Azerbaidjanul, Turcia

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