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On International Women’s Day, OSCE leaders call for strengthening women’s leadership to achieve peace and security for all

Publishing date: 8 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Gender equality
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2021 – The role of women as leaders, particularly in peace building and conflict prevention, is essential to achieve prosperous and peaceful societies, and to guarantee the strength of our democracies, say OSCE officials on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 03 March 2021

Publishing date: 4 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 03 March 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 Presence organizes workshop on lustration processes in Albania

Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized an online workshop, on 22 February 2021, to discuss lustration policies and processes in Albania since the collapse of the dictatorship 30 years ago. The event called “Lustration in Albania: The past and the future” – part of the Presence’s work in the field of the transitional justice – brought together national and international institutions, experts and practitioners, as well as lecturers and students from the public University of Tirana and private universities...

Harassment of women in public sphere, focus of OSCE Mission to BiH-hosted discussion

Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized an online round table discussion on the harassment of women in the public sphere on 23 February 2021...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Malta

Publishing date: 19 February 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
On 19 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Natasha Meli Daudey to discuss the current state of media freedom in Malta and areas in which the Representative can provide assistance.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde concludes visit to Moldova

Publishing date: 18 February 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 18 February 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde concluded an official visit to the Republic of Moldova on 17 February.

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 17 February 2021

Publishing date: 18 February 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 17 February 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: