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OSCE and adelphi report: climate change and security offer opportunities for co-operation in South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 22 April 2021 – Climate change is a risk multiplier and is affecting economies, the environment and societies in South-Eastern Europe in complex ways, according to a report published today by the OSCE and the Berlin-based think tank adelphi...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 91/2021 issued on 21 April 2021

Publishing date: 21 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 279 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 138 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded three ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 27 ceasefire violations in

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ara Aivazian opens Armenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 21 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/YEREVAN, 21 April 2021 — Armenia will aim to rebuild trust and confidence to protect OSCE principles and commitments and prevent further erosion of the OSCE security environment, said Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ara Aivazian, as he opened the country’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) today.

OSCE PA Special Representative Ben Cardin’s statement on Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict

Publishing date: 21 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 21 April 2021 – United States Senator Ben Cardin, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance, on Tuesday issued the following statement in response to former police officer Derek Chauvin being convicted in the death of George Floyd:..

Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds series of awareness-raising seminars on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture

Publishing date: 20 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
In the period between 7 and 13 April 2021, the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) carried out a series of awareness-raising seminars on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture. The seminars were organized jointly with the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson).

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 90/2021 issued on 20 April 2021

Publishing date: 20 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 138 ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 93 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 27 ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 59 ceasefire violations in the region. The SMM

OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concludes visit to Poland

Publishing date: 20 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General
WARSAW, 20 April 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded a one-day visit to Poland for discussions with the Polish President, Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister, Zbigniew Rau, Deputy Foreign Minister, Marcin Przydacz, and the Polish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.