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OSCE promotes co-operation among Central Asian law enforcement agencies and Afghanistan in countering illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
More than 50 representatives of law enforcement agencies and other ministries from France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan well as experts from nine international organizations gathered in Tashkent on 13 and 14 November 2017 to discuss greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the threat of illicit drugs, including New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), facilitated by the Internet and the “Darknet”...
Turkmenistan hosts OSCE-supported seminar on waste management
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 14 November 2017- International standards and best practices in the field of waste management were the focus of an OSCE-supported regional seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today. The seminar was attended by international experts and representatives of relevant governmental authorities in Central Asia, academia, NGOs and the business sector.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier launches recommendations on access to justice and national minorities
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
GRAZ, Austria, 14 November 2017 – Access to justice for persons belonging to national minorities from a conflict prevention perspective is the focus of a new set of recommendations for OSCE participating States, which were launched by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today at the University of Graz, Austria...
Montenegro and OSCE have strong working partnership, says Austria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Linhart
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
PODGORICA, 14 November 2017 – Austria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Linhart, representing the 2017 OSCE Chairmanship, visited Montenegro today, stressing the importance of close co-operation and strategic partnership between the country’s authorities and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
ODIHR calls for greater efforts to ensure inclusive education in joint statement with other global and regional human rights organizations
Publishing date: 13 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) joined with other global and regional intergovernmental human rights organizations in calling for greater efforts to ensure inclusive education, in a statement on 13 November 2017 marking the 10th anniversary of the landmark
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 November 2017
Publishing date: 13 November 2017
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region between the evenings of 10 and 11 November compared with the previous reporting period and fewer between the evenings of 11 and 12 November compared with the previous 24 hours. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations between the evenings of 10 and 11 November compared with the previous reporting period but more between the evenings of 11 and 12 November compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission observed damage to civilian properties from shelling in residential areas in Pikuzy. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations inside the Petrivske disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in the disengagement areas and elsewhere, including to a compound in Kadiivka, and in Siedove near the border with the Russian Federation.* The SMM facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Novozvanivka, Artema and Zalizne. It visited three border areas not under government control. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a march...
Candidates able to compete freely in Georgian mayoral run-offs, but improvements needed to election-related laws, OSCE/ODIHR observers say
Publishing date: 13 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 13 November 2017 – The 12 November mayoral run-off elections in six Georgian districts were well administered, candidates were able to compete freely and fundamental rights were generally respected in a shortened, low-key campaign, the election observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a preliminary statement released today. At the same time, shortcomings in the process highlighted the need for improvements to the laws governing elections, the statement says...