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Head of OSCE Mission to BiH Kavalec visits Mostar, reiterates Mission’s support to new city administration

Publishing date: 27 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 27 April 2021- Kathleen Kavalec, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina visited Mostar today and met with city officials, the Mayor and City Council Speaker, Chairs of Mostar City Council caucuses and representatives of political parties, to congratulate them on their mandates, to learn about the priorities of the new city administration, and to offer OSCE Mission support in key areas.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 27 April 2021

Publishing date: 27 April 2021
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.

OSCE concludes fourth EU-funded training course on sustained field operation capacity for Tajik rescuers in Khujand city

Publishing date: 26 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
On 23 April 2021, representatives of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence (Committee) in Khujand city of the Sughd region completed a four-week training course on sustained field operation capacity. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in co-operation with the Committee, organized the training course, which was funded by the European Union.

Good lawmaking a cornerstone of democracy and human rights protection, OSCE leaders say

Publishing date: 26 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
VIENNA/WARSAW, 26 April 2021 – Transparent, inclusive lawmaking is vital to underpin democracies and the principles on which they are built, OSCE leaders said as a two-day meeting to discuss topics including the challenges and opportunities of crafting laws in periods of crisis opened today...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports 13th RYCO Governing Board meeting

Publishing date: 23 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Youth
On 21 and 22 April, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Montenegrin Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Chairperson and members of the RYCO Local Branch Office (LBO) organized the 13th RYCO Governing Board meeting in Podgorica...

Albania’s Constitutional Court launches its first Strategy developed with OSCE Presence and KAS support

Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
The Constitutional Court of Albania, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence and the Office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), launched its first Strategy at an event on 22 April 2021...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ara Aivazian opens Armenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 21 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/YEREVAN, 21 April 2021 — Armenia will aim to rebuild trust and confidence to protect OSCE principles and commitments and prevent further erosion of the OSCE security environment, said Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ara Aivazian, as he opened the country’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) today.