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OSCE and Tajikistan prioritize joint co-operation for 2021
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) will pursue its activities in 2021 in Tajikistan, in line with its existing mandate and relevant priorities of the host country, within all three dimensions of the OSCE’s comprehensive and co-operative approach to security. The joint agreement between the OSCE and the Government of Tajikistan was declared at the annual OSCE Partnership Platform meeting in Dushanbe on 15 October 2020. The meeting brought together high-ranking officials from Tajikistan’s government agencies and representatives of the OSCE.
OSCE Media Freedom Office publishes legal review of Austria’s draft law to regulate communications platforms
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 15 October 2020 – The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) published today a legal review of the draft Federal Act on Measures to Protect Users on Communications Platforms (Kommunikationsplattformen-Gesetz – KoPI-G) by the Republic of Austria. The review was officially submitted to the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, and to the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria on 15 October 2020.
OSCE co-hosts a series of events on freedom of religion or belief in co-operation with OSCE/ODIHR and the Government of Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
A two-day series of online events on the nature, status and scope of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief for all (FoRB) as enshrined in international standards and the OSCE human dimension commitments concluded on 14 October 2020. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized the events targeted for Uzbekistan state officials. The series also included a briefing on the OSCE/ODIHR Freedom of Religion or Belief and on Security Policy Guidance...
OSCE and Republic of Korea conference: focus on new technologies, their impact on international security and terrorism while safeguarding human rights
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
SEOUL/VIENNA, 15 October 2020 – New technologies need to be backed up with necessary human rights safeguards, furthering the OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, say participants at the fourth inter-regional conference on the Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Security and Terrorism. Foreign Affairs Ministry of Korea, in co-operation with the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the OSCE External Co-operation Section, organized the virtual conference on 14 October 2020...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 14 October 2020
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 15 October 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The first in a series of three OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussions on the country’s environmental challenges concluded on 15 October 2020 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. The two-day event brought together some 25 representatives from the local authorities, the business community and environmental NGOs. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in partnership with the Association of Environmental Organizations, organized the event...
Second Biennial OSCE meeting explores efforts to address risks posed by small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Efforts by OSCE participating States to address the risks posed by small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA), particularly in preventing and combating the illicit trade in SALW, were the focus of a meeting organized by the German Chair of the Forum for Security Co-operation on 13 and 14 October 2020...