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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid ends two-day visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
TBILISI, 16 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded her visit to Georgia yesterday, following two days of intensive discussions and field visits.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro co-organized online regional conference of women parliamentarians
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) supported Parliament’s Gender Equality Committee in organizing an online regional conference on 14 June 2021 on the role of parliaments in advancing gender equality and women in politics...
Side-event on Women in Water Management
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
The important role of women in water management was discussed on 10 June 2021 in an online side-event in the margins of the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 29th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized the event in collaboration with the Governments of Finland, Ireland and Japan...
OSCE conducts train-the-trainers courses for facilitators of Women Resource Centres and representatives of Committee on Women and Family Affairs in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded two rounds of three-day train-the-trainers courses on ‘Interactive methods of teaching adults on gender and domestic violence-related issues’ which were conducted from 7 to 12 June 2021 in Dushanbe. Some 40 representatives from Women’s Resource Centres and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region participated in the courses.
The only way to defeat trafficking is to stop paying for it: OSCE Alliance Conference against trafficking in persons starts today
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
VIENNA, 14 June 2021 – Confronting the demand that fuels and incentivizes human trafficking is the focus of the three-day 21st OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons, which opened today in Vienna...
Sub-Regional arms control Article IV of Dayton Peace Agreement, essential to peace and stability in the region, marks 25th anniversary
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
VIENNA, 14 June 2021- Today marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of Article IV of the Dayton Peace Agreement, a sub-regional arms control arrangement, established to reduce the number of weapons to the level agreed to between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes confidence-building steps between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 13 June 2021
VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 13 June 2021 – The return of 15 Armenian detainees to Armenia and Armenia’s handover to Azerbaijan of information that will facilitate important demining work, are welcome confidence building measures, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde. “These important steps bring the sides closer to dialogue, closer to stability, and closer to a comprehensive settlement.”