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OSCE and UN Special Reps statement on trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and sexual violence in the context of war against Ukraine

Publishing date: 29 March 2023
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
STOCKHOLM, 29 March 2023 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Valiant Richey, and UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, expressed their grave concern about the harm of sexual exploitation, and sexual violence and its cost for the whole of society, as a result of the ongoing war against Ukraine.

ODIHR opens election observation mission to Türkiye

Publishing date: 29 March 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ANKARA, 29 March 2023- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 14 May general elections in Türkiye, following an official invitation from the national authorities.

OSCE Border Management Staff College concludes its 34th Staff Course

Publishing date: 29 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded its 34th Staff Course on 24 March 2023. Twenty-three mid to senior-ranking security and management officials from border, customs, migration, internal affairs, maritime security, and drug control agencies attended the course.

Countering illicit trafficking of drugs in focus of OSCE-UNODC organized regional workshop in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 29 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Policing
An OSCE-organized regional training workshop on countering illicit trafficking of drugs and new psychoactive substances concluded on 29 March 2023. Implemented in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the two-day event aimed to share effective ways to combat the

Let’s Build New Bridges Together!

Publishing date: 29 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Youth
The Ministry of Education and Science and the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched two calls for proposals under the Mission’s Building New Bridges’ project, which is designed to enhance relationship among youth from diverse backgrounds and languages during the school day and through joint

OSCE presents research on the connection between gender equality and national minorities

Publishing date: 28 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
On 28 March, OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid and High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Kairat Abdrakhmanov presented the findings of the research on the intersectionality of gender and national minorities.

ODIHR opens limited referendum observation mission to Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 28 March 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TASHKENT, 28 March 2023- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited referendum observation mission for the 30 April constitutional referendum in Uzbekistan, following an official invitation from the national authorities.