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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Speaking at OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation, PA’s Hudson underlines importance of confidence-building
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2021 – Addressing a meeting of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation today, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security Richard Hudson (United States) highlighted the strong relationship between the two OSCE bodies and underlined their many areas of convergence, stressing that to meet pressing challenges, intra-organizational co-operation is essential.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe helps train Women’s Resource Centres staff in providing support to domestic violence victims
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded a five-day training course on "Providing Psychological Support to Victims of Domestic Violence" on 19 March 2021 in Dushanbe. Some 19 representatives from Women’s Resource Centres and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast regions participated in the course.
OSCE workshop on gender mainstreaming in human resources departments of border and law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
More than 90 participants took part in an online workshop on gender mainstreaming in human resources departments of border and law enforcement agencies, which was organized on 23 March 2021 by the Border Security and Management Unit in the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department.
United States holds last meeting as Chair of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
VIENNA, 24 March 2021 — The United States fostered meaningful dialogue and sought to set the stage for rebuilding military transparency and confidence over the course of its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) Chairpersonship, said...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 23 March 2021
Publishing date: 23 March 2021
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 67/2021 issued on 23 March 2021
Publishing date: 23 March 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 65 ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 15 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations, as in the previous 24 hours. The SMM lost spatial control of its mini-unmanned aerial
OSCE launches report on the Institution of Additional Judges as a Potential Threat to Judicial Independence in BiH
Publishing date: 23 March 2021
SARAJEVO, 23 March 2021- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) published today the report The Institution of Additional Judges as a Potential Threat to Judicial Independence in BiH.