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OSCE Border Management Staff College concludes its 28th Staff Course

Publishing date: 25 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded its 28th Staff Course on 24 March 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions on travel, this particular course was conducted only for local Tajik border security and management officials.

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to anti-corruption teams across the country

Publishing date: 25 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
From 16 to 25 March 2021, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) provided IT equipment to the anti-corruption teams across BiH. The delivery is part of the Mission’s efforts to combat corruption...

Kazakhstan’s 2021 parliamentary elections: OSCE/ ODIHR observation mission final report

Publishing date: 25 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The 2021 parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan were efficiently prepared amid the challenges posed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic but lacked genuine competition. Despite partially addressing a few previous ODIHR recommendations by way of recent legal revisions, the general legal framework

More than €10 million pledged to strengthen control of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition in South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 24 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 24 March 2021 – More than €10 million in contributions and resources have been pledged to strengthen action against the illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (SCA) in South-Eastern Europe.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 68/2021 issued on 24 March 2021

Publishing date: 24 March 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 two ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 65 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded five ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the

Speaking at OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation, PA’s Hudson underlines importance of confidence-building

Publishing date: 24 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2021 – Addressing a meeting of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation today, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security Richard Hudson (United States) highlighted the strong relationship between the two OSCE bodies and underlined their many areas of convergence, stressing that to meet pressing challenges, intra-organizational co-operation is essential.

OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe helps train Women’s Resource Centres staff in providing support to domestic violence victims

Publishing date: 24 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded a five-day training course on "Providing Psychological Support to Victims of Domestic Violence" on 19 March 2021 in Dushanbe. Some 19 representatives from Women’s Resource Centres and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast regions participated in the course.