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Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 4 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 4 September 2020- We, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID), reiterate our call for co-operation and dialogue, especially across conflict lines, during this global pandemic.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 2 September 2020
Publishing date: 3 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 2 September 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 Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama offers to facilitate dialogue in Belarus
Publishing date: 28 August 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 August 2020 – “To move forward will require mutual understanding and co-operation,” said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council’s special meeting today in Vienna on the situation in Belarus following the Presidential election on 9 August 2020...
OSCE Chair Edi Rama to address special Permanent Council meeting on situation in Belarus this Friday
Publishing date: 26 August 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 26 August 2020 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama, will address a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the situation in Belarus, on 28 August, at 10:00, at the Hofburg, Vienna...
Ukraine introduces new Master of Law educational standard, developed with OSCE support
Publishing date: 21 August 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Troika, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has approved new requirements for a Master’s degree programme in law, developed with the assistance of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The order issued by the Ministry, on 17 August 2020, (link) enacts the use of the Standard of Higher Education for speciality no. 081 “Law” at Master’s degree level, making it applicable starting from the 2020/2021 academic year...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 19 August 2020
Publishing date: 20 August 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 20 August 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 Chairmanship offers to visit Belarus
Publishing date: 17 August 2020
VIENNA / TIRANA, 17 August 2020- The OSCE Chairmanship continues to follow the situation in Belarus very closely, it said in a statement today...