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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Washington D.C. and New York from 17 to 21 October 2022. During the first part of the trip, the High Commissioner met with officials at the US State Department to discuss the most pressing challenges to security and

Twenty-two young women and men from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River gained and developed negotiation skills, and solved a crisis during a simulation of OSCE Permanent Council as part of the 9th edition of the Model OSCE for Youth event organized this year in-person by the OSCE Mission to

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes visit to Mongolia

On 17 October, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized the first in a series of webinars for cadets and lecturers from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. The purpose of the initiative is to raise awareness about key trends and developments in contemporary policing among students and staff of the Academy.

Fifteen specialists from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan completed a four-week regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal course (EOD level 2) at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) in Chimteppa, on 21 October 2022.

On 21 October, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a series of five training workshops on the prevention and handling of domestic violence cases for 144 newly appointed Kosovo Police (KP) officers. The workshops focused on the legal framework, including obligations and responsibilities arising

A grand opening of a Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence took place on 21 October 2022 at the Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics in Ashgabat. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat initiated the establishment of the Centre of Excellence to support the host government’s efforts aimed at