Project: Monitoring Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship25Feb2015
OSCE and UN: Working together for security
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić told the United Nation Security Council on 24 February 2015 that the OSCE is eager to intensify partnership with the UN. “Partnership between the two organizations is critical for addressing security challenges in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian space,” said Dačić.
On the situation in Ukraine and its detrimental impact on the broader OSCE agenda, Dačić said that Serbia’s Chairmanship comes during the worst crisis of European security since the end of the Cold War. “Serbia would do its best to contribute to a diplomatic solution in an impartial and transparent manner,” he said. (Read the full speech.)
UN’s full support
Security Council members offered their full support to Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship and its priorities, emphasizing the importance of the OSCE in the international arena, especially in the light of its engagement in dealing with the crisis in Ukraine.
Co-operation between the OSCE and the UN, the situation in and around Ukraine and the OSCE role in dealing with the crisis were also discussed during a meeting between Chairperson Dačić, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier. (Read the press release.)