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Sweden takes over OSCE Chair

Publishing date: 1 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Vienna/Stockholm, 1 January 2021 — Sweden takes over the OSCE Chair today, and will in the coming year focus on defending the European security order, addressing protracted conflicts and enhancing democracy and gender equality.

In final act of Albanian OSCE Chairmanship, Prime Minister Rama signs the PA’s OSCE Call for Action

Publishing date: 31 December 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 31 December 2020 – As the 2020 OSCE Chairmanship comes to a close, the Chairperson-in-Office for the year, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, signed the Parliamentary Assembly’s “OSCE Call for Action.” In doing so, Rama joined his predecessors as well as other leaders of OSCE institutions, former Secretaries General and OSCE PA Presidents in calling for streamlining and refocusing OSCE activities to confront key challenges in fields where the Organization has deep expertise and a comparative advantage...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 29 December 2020

Publishing date: 29 December 2020
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week....

OSCE presents recommendations on improving correspondent banking relations in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 23 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
Recommendations on how to improve correspondent banking relations between Tajik commercial banks and banks based in the European Union and the United States were presented at an online event organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 23 December 2020.

Developing and implementing the national action plan on Women, Peace and Security in focus at OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan-supported event

Publishing date: 23 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) conducted an international roundtable discussion on “Developing and Implementing the National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security: Good Practices and Lessons Learned” on 18 December 2020.

OSCE national workshop promotes social re-use of confiscated assets in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 22 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Policing
The OSCE held an online national workshop for Bosnia and Herzegovina on the social re-use of confiscated assets on 21 December 2020. More than 20 representatives from prosecutions’ offices, law enforcement, asset management agencies and civil society organizations participated in the event.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 22 December 2020

Publishing date: 22 December 2020
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...