Greater political will is needed to ensure implementation of international commitments, participants say at opening of OSCE PA Annual Session in Berlin

World Refugee Day: Political leaders must act responsibly to ensure the human rights and safety of all individuals on their territory, regardless of the circumstances of entry.

Out of 1035 applications and 166 motivational videos received, 11 females and 7 males successfully completed the competitive process.

Marcel Peško, the Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC): The people of Belarus are now free from this toxic danger.

The seizure of Watkins’ data undermines the principle of protection of journalistic sources, which is essential for the exercise of newsgathering.

In light of ongoing ceasefire violations by the sides, the Mission has been obliged to suspend and to review its enhanced presence at the facility.

The continued illegal detention of Stanislav Aseev is abhorrent and cannot be tolerated.

All aspects of the “package of eight” will be finalized by the end of the year: this was the historic outcome of the 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process held in Rome on 29 and 30 May under the Italian OSCE Chairmanship.

The fight against corruption remains of paramount importance for the country, and the OSCE Presence in Albania is ready to help establish a solid track record of proactive investigations, prosecutions and convictions.

Paola Severino, the first Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Corruption: The most successful action that good public governance can take actually consists in enhancing good governance and thus preventing corruption, boosting mechanisms that reward compliance by economic actors.

The deteriorating security situation poses a threat to the facility, its workers and monitoring officers of the SMM, Apakan said.

Enhanced information-sharing and border security and human rights-compliant rehabilitation and reintegration programmes among key measures highlighted in 2018 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference in Rome.

The grants can be used for the adoption of new technologies, processes or methods of production, introduced to build and develop socially and environmentally sustainable businesses.

There is an urgent need to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine, said Apakan, as he paid tribute to SMM colleague Joseph Stone, who was killed one year ago.