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OSCE Chairman Osmani holds telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SKOPJE, 30 August – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
Empowering youth voices in Central Asia: OSCE Summer School spurs engagement on climate change and security in mountain areas
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Climate change, Economic activities, Environmental activities
From 17 to 26 August 2023, twenty young people from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan to learn about climate-related security risks in mountain areas and deliberate on innovative solutions and
OSCE continues its series of trainings for persons with disabilities aspiring to become members of Parliament in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Youth
From 26 to 30 August, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan – jointly with UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Development Programme within the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – organised the second phase of a series of capacity-building training courses for representatives of disability-focused NGOs who aspire to participate in Uzbekistan’s 2024 parliamentary elections. The objective of this second phase was to complement negotiation techniques, focus of last July’s training, with public speaking skills.
OSCE Mission to BiH Initiates Comprehensive Dialogue to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Publishing date: 29 August 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
With compassion for the families of the victims of recent tragic events in Gradačac, Živinice and Bijeljina, the OSCE Mission to BiH hosted today in Sarajevo the Speaker of the BiH Parliament House of Representatives, ministers and representatives from the state, entities', Brčko District of BiH and cantonal levels, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, justice and interior ministries, and gender institutional mechanisms to address the pressing issue of gender-based violence.
OSCE empowers rural women in mountainous areas of Tajikistan through clean energy access and training
Publishing date: 29 August 2023
Content type: News
[node id="550876" type="panel" preset="gallery"] In the mountainous areas of Tajikistan- as in many rural communities worldwide- energy poverty disproportionately impacts women’s lives. Rural women often still carry out the bulk of traditional household chores. This
OSCE supports Tajikistan’s emergency response capabilities
Publishing date: 29 August 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
On 29 August, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (the Office) donated 9,800 liters of diesel and 4,500 liters of petroleum to the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoESCD). The donation will be used to fuel CoESCD vehicles and equipment, which are used to protect and evacuate the population to safe areas during disasters.
Head of OSCE Mission to BiH meets Tuzla Canton Officials to discuss gender-based violence
Publishing date: 28 August 2023
Following the recent tragic cases, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Brian Aggeler, conducted a series of meetings in Tuzla, aimed at discussing the alarming situation related to the ongoing challenge of gender-based violence.