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Improving co-operation on climate change critical to advance common security- OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group meeting
Publishing date: 30 May 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 30 May 2022 – Participants emphasised the essential need for co-operation to tackle rapidly intensifying climate-related challenges and risks, and build a more resilient and sustainable future at the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group meeting that took place in Vienna today.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General condemn intimidation and detention of OSCE staff in Donetsk and Luhansk
Publishing date: 25 May 2022
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 May 2022- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Poland Zbigniew Rau and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid today reiterated their condemnation of persistent allegations against the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) and called for the immediate release of four national Mission members detained in Donetsk and Luhansk.
OSCE/UN Roundtable calls for strengthening protection of children against violence, including trafficking, amid the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Publishing date: 21 May 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Strengthening protection of Ukrainian children against any form of violence, including trafficking, was the focus of the roundtable organized on 20 May 2022 by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.
OSCE human rights office intensifies monitoring of abuses in and around Ukraine as evidence grows
Publishing date: 20 May 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 20 May 2022 – As the precarious security situation in Ukraine continues, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is stepping up its monitoring of the impact of the conflict on civilians and prisoners of war for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s military attack in Ukraine almost three months ago.
25th Anniversary this year, but not the time for celebrations, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 May 2022 – Even though the Mandate she holds sees its 25th Anniversary this year, there is nothing to celebrate, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro in her bi-annual statement to the members of the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Democratic institutions and an independent media are our strength in times of crisis, OSCE leaders say
Publishing date: 16 May 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA/WARSAW, 16 May 2022 – Human rights and democratic principles must continue to be the bedrock of societies across the OSCE region even as the Russian Federation’s military attack on Ukraine is creating unprecedented challenges to democratic institutions across the region, OSCE leaders said at the opening of a two-day conference today.
Personal Representatives condemn anti-Semitic comments by Russian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 5 May 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 5 May 2022 – Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, Associate Professor Dr. Regina Polak, Personal Representative on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions and Mehmet Paçacı, Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims made the following statement: