OSCE responds to the situation in Ukraine
19 May 2014

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Recent developments in Ukraine have highlighted the urgent need to intensify our efforts to bridge differences between participating States of the OSCE – and support dialogue between communities and people.

This is what the OSCE was created to do, and this is what it is now doing in Ukraine. With the risk of Ukrainian society becoming sharply polarized along political, ethnic, and social lines, the OSCE is actively working with all sides to de-escalate tensions, prevent further violence and support constructive national dialogue.

From high-level diplomacy, to monitoring, fact-finding and other missions, the OSCE has been supporting a search for solutions to the crisis – solutions based on dialogue, co-operation and restored trust.

The first issue of OSCE Link has been created to provide an in-depth overview of how the OSCE has been involved and and how we are responding to the situation in Ukraine. I invite you to subscribe.

Lamberto Zannier
OSCE Secretary General

Ukraine, a developing story

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