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Due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time, the Ministerial Council will be held via video teleconferencing. The deadline for registration is 17:00, 1 December 2020.
Many dedicated parliamentarians want to make the OSCE stronger, it was stressed, and to increase its effectiveness to ensure higher political commitment from governments.
Since the presidential election three months ago, thousands of people have been arbitrarily detained for making use of their right to freedom of peaceful assembly, sentenced to administrative arrest and sanctioned with disproportionate fines.
Foreign Minister Linde: Our post-COVID-19 recovery strategies should be used as an opportunity to take on important reforms towards fulfilling the sustainable development goals, as well as the goals of the Paris agreement.
States need to revive the spirit of the 1990 Paris Summit in overcoming today’s challenges, distrust and heightened tensions in European security, said opening speakers.
The Asian Conference provides us with an opportunity to pool wisdom and promote concrete efforts to cope with emerging global security challenges.
Partnerships between governments, civil society and private sector crucial to counter-terrorism efforts, concludes OSCE Chairmanship Conference.
As we face the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is our moral duty to re-double our efforts to prevent and combat corruption in order to guarantee the effective and efficient utilization of public funds in tackling this unprecedented crisis.
We truly hope that there is a positive response to this offer from the Government of Belarus. I am ready to make it work - to engage, to listen, to understand and to support, in every possible way I can.