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Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions

Publishing date: 4 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 4 September 2020- We, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID), reiterate our call for co-operation and dialogue, especially across conflict lines, during this global pandemic.

First Model OSCE organized in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 3 September 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Youth
Twenty-five participants from Uzbekistan participated in a Model OSCE conference from 2 to 4 September 2020. Participants were graduates or current students from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) in Tashkent.

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 2 September 2020

Publishing date: 3 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 2 September 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

OSCE launches online preparatory training course for Certified Fraud Examiner and Anti-Money Laundering Specialist

Publishing date: 2 September 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities launched an online preparatory training course for certification as a Fraud Examiner and Anti-Money Laundering Specialist on 2 September 2020...

OSCE Center in Ashgabat hosts seminar on World Trade Organization membership, rights and obligations

Publishing date: 2 September 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities
Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations is the topic of an OSCE-organized online seminar that opened on 2 September 2020 in Ashgabat...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 1 September 2020

Publishing date: 1 September 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.

Montenegro’s parliamentary elections efficiently managed, but abuse of state resources gave ruling party unfair advantage, international observers say

Publishing date: 31 August 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 31 August 2020 – While Montenegro’s parliamentary elections were managed transparently and efficiently, the widespread abuse of office and state resources gave the ruling party an undue advantage against the backdrop of an intensely polarized debate over issues of church and national identity, international observers to the parliamentary elections said in a statement today...