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On 30 April, over 50 representatives from Central Asia, South-East Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa gathered in Astana to share good practices and exchange experience related to prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration (PRR) of returnees from conflict zones. The meeting was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Programme Office in Astana, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), and the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).

On 29 April, representatives from the Ministry of Sports and Youth, local governments, and local youth services gathered in Podgorica for the introductory capacity-building training titled "Networking and Cooperation of the Youth Sector at the Local Level." The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

Skopje, 30 April 2024 – Accelerating the delivery of justice was the central focus as the OSCE Mission to Skopje joined senior judicial professionals today at the Annual Judicial Conference, marking the National Day of the Judiciary. Held under the theme “Strengthening judicial independence and

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Supreme Court of Montenegro and the Judicial Training Centre, hosted a three-day court simulation training aimed at strengthening institutional responses to violence against women and girls, with a particular focus on marital rape.

VIENNA, 29 April 2025- OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu concluded his first official visits to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan today, reaffirming the Organization's strong commitment to peace, security and stability in the South Caucasus.

How to effectively evaluate potential environmental policies, plans and programmes was the focus of a training workshop for 40 government and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Tashkent from 23 to 24 April.

On 24–25 April 2025, Bishkek hosted the high-level international conference "Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development: Towards the Bishkek+25 Summit."  The forum brought together over 200 delegates from 50 countries and around 30 international and regional organizations. The