News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission presents “An Assessment of the Establishment, Functioning, and Performance of Municipal Community Participation and Representation Mechanisms”
Publishing date: 6 October 2021
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 6 October 2021 –The municipal communities protection mechanisms have demonstrated gradual advancement in reaching their full potential, with incremental progress in meeting their substantive duties. Gaps in the legislative and policy framework continue to exist, however, the progress of these mechanisms has shown that they are capable of positively impacting communities across Kosovo, concludes the OSCE Mission in Kosovo’s report presented today.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities expressed satisfaction with outcomes of visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 October 2021
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Ukraine from 26 September to 1 October 2021. The High Commissioner welcomed Ukraine’s progress on draft legislation regulating national minority affairs during his visit to the country. “I am pleased to note that
OSCE Mission to BiH calls for a Supervisory Body for implementation of revised war crimes processing strategy
Publishing date: 6 October 2021
SARAJEVO, 6 October 2021 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized today an online conference for members of the state, entity and Brčko District (BD) judiciaries and legal practitioners to review key challenges to the domestic processing of war crimes cases.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 233/2021 issued on 5 October 2021
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 178 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 63 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region the Mission did not record any ceasefire violations. The last time the Mission recorded ceasefire
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports a gender sensitive Parliament
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
In partnership with the parliamentary Gender Equality Committee, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a capacity-building workshop on gender mainstreaming on 29 and 30 September 2021, to implement gender assessments in drafting and adopting legislation and policies...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde concludes visit to Albania, commends government’s support for multilateralism and dedication to reform
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
TIRANA, 5 October 2021 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, concluded her visit to Albania today. She commended the Government’s support for multilateralism, including chairing the OSCE in 2020, and its dedication to reform. She also underlined the importance of continued reforms...
OSCE meeting reviews assistance projects for combatting illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
A review meeting on the implementation of OSCE assistance projects in the field of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) was organized in-person and online by the Austrian Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) on 5 and 6 October 2021.