News and press releases

On 5 February, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), John MacGregor handed over personal protection equipment and humanitarian aid to the Deputy Director of the Agency for External Labour Migration under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Hojiakbar Fayzullahodjayev...

On 5 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Armen Papikyan to discuss media freedom developments in Armenia and areas in which the RFoM’s institution can provide assistance.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met on 5 February with Courtney E. Austrian, US Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, to discuss the current media freedom landscape as well as challenges in the US media context...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-hosted two events, on 2 and 5 February 2021, to discuss the December 2020 address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on the effectiveness and the results of the 2017-2021 National Action Strategy, as well as the next steps in terms of State development and reforms in the sphere of democratization. The event was co-organized by the Development Strategy Centre, the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (the Parliament), the National Human Rights Centre, the UNDP's Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan project, the Supreme Court, the United States Agency for International Development, the Chamber of Advocates, the United Nations Country Team in Uzbekistan and the World Bank.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Forum for Security and Co-operation presented, on 5 February 2021, outcomes of three years of OSCE assistance to Ukraine in modernizing its system of protection from threats related to toxic and hazardous chemicals.

An online training course on international co-operation in asset recovery and cross-border collaboration prior to and during the mutual legal assistance process, for criminal justice practitioners from Montenegro, was held from 2 to 4 February 2021.

The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Central Election Commission (CEC) organized a series of activities centered around young voters, with the aim to boost their participation in elections on the occasion of Global Elections Day, on 4 February 2021.