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Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 7 July 2021

Publishing date: 8 July 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 8 July 2021 — 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 High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses language, education and citizenship on first official visit to Russian Federation

Publishing date: 2 July 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited the Russian Federation for the first time since taking up his mandate from 23 June to 1 July 2021. Abdrakhmanov met with the authorities to discuss the situation of national minorities living in Russia as well as Russia’s

OSCE Presence promotes inclusion of gender perspective in Albania’s Parliament’s work

Publishing date: 2 July 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Gender equality
On 1 and 2 July, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a concluding workshop with the Alliance of Women Parliamentarians and the Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence against Women, in view of the end of the current Albanian legislature...

Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions

Publishing date: 30 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 30 June 2021- The 53rd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 29 and 30 June 2021, with requisite COVID-19 pandemic measures in place.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 29 June 2021

Publishing date: 29 June 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 slightly decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.

OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid visits Moscow

Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
MOSCOW, 25 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded her four-day visit to Moscow. Throughout the visit, she highlighted the value of the OSCE as a bridge-builder and a platform for dialogue between the East and the West...

OSCE enhances its activities on combating gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Chairmanship sources, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
Two three-day train-the-trainers (ToTs) seminars on information technologies, conflict mediation, and the basics of psychological support for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) took place in Osh city from 17 to 19 June, and in Tokmok, Chui province from 23 to 25 June 2021. Forty-five members of Women Initiative Groups (WIGs) from across Kyrgyzstan participated in the seminar.