News and press releases

TIRANA, 22 February 2021 — It has come to the attention of the OSCE Presence in Albania that an organization calling itself OKSE is conducting opinion polls and surveys, allegedly on behalf of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Summary Between the evenings of 19 and 21 February, the SMM recorded 25 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 594 ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 19 and 21 February, the Mission recorded 204 ceasefire violations in Luhansk

Over 70 participants from across the OSCE area took part in an online interactive webinar on The Role of Youth in Inter-faith Dialogue in the Context of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT) on 22 February 2021.

The OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Agency for Inter-ethnic Relations of the Republic of Moldova released a video on 19 February 2021 on ethnic diversity in Moldova to commemorate International Mother Language Day.

COPENHAGEN, 19 February 2021 – Taking stock of migratory developments in the OSCE region over the last several months, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration met today and discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the precarious conditions in which refugees and asylum seekers find themselves. The meeting also focused on developing synergies between the OSCE’s executive structures and OSCE parliamentarians in the area of combating trafficking in human beings along migration routes.

Summary The SMM recorded 594 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded eight ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded one ceasefire violation in

On 19 February 2021, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a public presentation of the Constitution and the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the rights of persons with disabilities” published in Braille, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Training Guide (Professional Training Series), published in the state language. The National Human Rights Centre and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) co-organized the event.