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OSCE supports conference on role of new technologies in electoral process in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
The role of new technologies in the electoral process was the focus of an international conference organized by the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan with support from the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in Kazakhstan’s capital on 1 and 2 November 2018. The conference was held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Commission...
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN / BAKU, November 2, 2018- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 29 October to 2 November...
OSCE-supported Regional Youth Co-operation Office Advisory Board meeting held in Podgorica
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
A second meeting of the Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Advisory Board, supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in an effort to strengthen the Board’s role and visibility, was held on 31 October 2018 in Podgorica...
Countering risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters discussed at OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
More than 150 experts and law enforcement officials from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation took part in the OSCE’s Second OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit on 1 and 2 November 2018 in Vienna...
OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism invoked to look into alleged human rights violations in Russian Federation’s Chechen Republic
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Sixteen OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism on 1 November 2018 to look into alleged human rights violations in the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation...
OSCE Mission to Skopje marks International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 2 November 2018 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Skopje today by launching a guidebook on safety of journalists while covering critical events...
OSCE trains border guards in Serbia on detecting forged and counterfeited documents
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Border management, Policing
A one-week training course for 15 Serbian border guards to enhance their skills in detecting forged and fraudulent documents as well as imposters was held from 29 October to 2 November 2018 in Belgrade. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department...