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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mediterranean Partnership discussion: Fight against transnational organized crime depends on multilateral co-operation
Publishing date: 10 May 2021
VIENNA, 10 May 2021 – To maximize impact in the fight against transnational organized crime (TOC), it is essential to double-down prevention efforts and to leverage multilateral platforms and regional partnerships, participants said at today’s OSCE Mediterranean Partnership of Co-operation Group meeting...
Pandemic demands co-ordinated recovery, say participants at OSCE Mediterranean Partnership discussion
Publishing date: 16 March 2021
VIENNA, 16 March 2021 – Post-COVID-19 recovery, opportunities and challenges for security and regional co-operation, was the focus of today’s OSCE Mediterranean Partnership of Co-operation Group meeting, the first under the Polish Chairmanship, chaired by Ambassador Adam Hałaciński, Permanent Representative of Poland to the OSCE...
Sustainable development and security are part of the same equation, note participants of OSCE 2020 Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 3 November 2020
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 3 November 2020 – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other challenges, high-level political representatives of the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation addressed today the complex link between sustainable development and security at the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference fully held online...
Sweden hosts first meeting of Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group, focuses on information technology and human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 May 2020
VIENNA, 11 May 2020 –Today, the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group, under the Swedish Chair, held their first virtual meeting. It focused on the challenges and opportunities of information technology and human trafficking...
Reinforced political dialogue with Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation is essential to capitalize on unique OSCE platform
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
TIRANA, 25 October 2019 — Making tangible steps towards a more strategic, action-oriented approach to co-operation between the OSCE and its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation was the focus of the two-day 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which concluded today in Tirana...
OSCE trains Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on gendered aspects of cross-border crimes
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact (PoC) Network on Border Security and Management completed a three-day intensive training course on 24 October 2019 on two gendered aspects of transnational threats: terrorism and trafficking in human beings. The course was held at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...
Co-operation with Mediterranean region is an objective necessity, says Albanian Foreign Minister Cakaj opening OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
TIRANA, 24 October 2019 – While Albania looks to Europe for its future, our history, geography and economy are rooted in the Mediterranean region, stated today in Tirana Albania’s Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Gent Cakaj, while opening 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference...