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OSCE SMM Spot Report 34/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM passage near Zolote and Molodizhne, Luhansk region

Publishing date: 3 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 3 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied the SMM passage to government-controlled areas twice and once significantly delayed its passage. SMM patrols were travelling from non-government-controlled areas...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde announces new OSCE commitments on climate

Publishing date: 3 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STOCKHOLM, 3 December 2021 – For the first time, the OSCE participating States have agreed on how to work together to deal with the challenges caused by climate change.

OSCE’s role in strengthening good security sector governance at the centre of Ministerial Council side event

Publishing date: 3 December 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
By increasing democratic civilian control, respecting the rule of law, upholding human rights and integrating a real role for women, good security sector governance helps build the population’s trust and provides stability by significantly contributing to conflict prevention.

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan promotes best practices in elaboration of national legislation in compliance with World Trade Organization requirements

Publishing date: 3 December 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities
OSCE best practices in improving national legislation to meet the World Trade Organizations’ (WTO) requirements were discussed during an online seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on 2 and 3 December 2021.

OSCE supports training course on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 2 December 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized an in-person training-of-trainers, from 28 November to 2 December 2021 in Tashkent, on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan. The training course is part of the longstanding efforts of PCUz to reach out to legal professionals and to support the creation of a community of legal experts in Uzbekistan, with knowledge of the most recent developments among international legal experts.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 283/2021 issued on 2 December 2021

Publishing date: 2 December 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 159 ceasefire violations, including 33 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 265 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 22 ceasefire violations, including 19 explosions, the majority of which were

Joint Statement on the Critical Role of the Financial Sector in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Modern-day Slavery

Publishing date: 2 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA / LONDON / NEW YORK, 2 December 2021 – Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Dame Sara Thornton, United Kingdom Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) and Daniel Thelesklaf, Project Director of Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Initiative at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, issued the following statement after the conclusion of a roundtable on the critical role of the financial sector in combating trafficking in human beings and modern-day slavery: