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Run-off confirms that Ukraine's presidential election meets most international commitments

A voter casts her ballot in a polling station in Kyiv in the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election, 7 February 2010. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)

KYIV, 8 February 2010 - Ukraine's run-off presidential election confirmed the international election observation mission's assessment that the electoral process met most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments...

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Features

OSCE Border Management Staff College off to a successful start

Television reporters film a session of the seminar on travel document security held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe from 23-26 November 2009. (OSCE/Sergey Batyuk)

A series of intensive seminars for senior border officials from a total of 14 different OSCE participating States initiated the teaching activities of the OSCE Border Management Staff College, launched in May 2009 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

OSCE helps build regional ties between military academies

Officers-in-training from the Serbian Military Academy share experiences with their hosts during a study visit to the Czech University of Defence in Brno, December 2009. (OSCE/Milan Sekuloski)

A group of Serbian officers-in-training from the Serbian Military Academy visited the Czech University of Defence in Brno, as part of the OSCE Mission to Serbia's efforts to support higher military education reform.

Mediators provide "first aid" when local conflicts erupt in southern Kyrgyzstan

Razia Sarymsakova (left), one of the local mediators supported by the OSCE in Nookat district, Kyrgyzstan, takes the floor at a meeting of villagers in Gulistan, 5 September 2009. (IRET/Aijamal Korgonbaeva)

The Osh Field Office of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting groups of mediators from all walks of life who step in to calm conflicting parties and diffuse tensions when incidents of inter-ethnic or inter-religious conflict occur.

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Ballots are counted at a polling station in Ivankiv in the first round of the presidential election in Ukraine, 17 January 2010. (Udo Bartsch)

Ballots are counted at a polling station in Ivankiv in the first round of the presidential election in Ukraine, 17 January 2010. (Udo Bartsch)

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Documents

Secretary General's Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality

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