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Statement by OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings on need to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts in a time of crisis
Publishing date: 3 April 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 3 April 2020 – Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, today issued the following statement, in co-ordination with Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship, to the OSCE participating States on the COVID-19 pandemic. He urged that, “it is precisely when our global community is convulsed by a crisis of this magnitude that our obligation to combat the exploitation of vulnerable people becomes most acute”...
Regional Conference on addressing challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters begins in Vienna
Publishing date: 11 February 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 11 February 2020 – More than 400 participants from over 70 countries attended the opening of a two-day, high-level regional conference on challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters. The conference, which is being held today and tomorrow in Vienna, is jointly organized by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the OSCE, and Switzerland, in co-operation with Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE continues to support Kyrgyzstan's efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1540
Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-day roundtable discussion on the 2017-2019 National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is taking place from 9 to 11 September 2019 in the Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE together with UNODA helps strengthen capacity and preparedness of Central Asian states to respond to deliberate use of biological weapons
Publishing date: 26 June 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
A capacity building workshop for Central Asian states entitled “Strengthening National, Sub-Regional and International Capacities to Prepare for and Respond to Deliberate Use of Biological Weapons” in the framework of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was conducted from 26 to 27 June 2019 in Bishkek. The workshop was organized by UNODA’s Implementation Support Unit of the BWC in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports World Press Freedom Day conference
Publishing date: 3 May 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
On 3 May 2019, journalists and media experts from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Afghanistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day in Dushanbe at the international conference Promoting Mass Media to the Sustainable Development of Peace and Democracy...
OSCE/ODIHR toolkit to help states, civil society adopt comprehensive approach against hate crime presented at Vienna event
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
A toolkit developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to assist participating States in adopting a comprehensive approach to countering hate crime was presented to government officials and civil society representatives at a conference organized by ODIHR in
New ODIHR/UNESCO publication aimed at assisting policymakers in addressing anti-Semitism through education
Publishing date: 4 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
PARIS, 4 June 2018 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today released a joint publication aimed at assisting policymakers in addressing anti-Semitism through education, at a launch event at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.