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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit South Caucasus

Publishing date: 29 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERLIN, 29 June 2016 – Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter-Steinmeier today departs on a three-day visit to the South Caucasus region, and will travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia...

OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes workshop for national Police Union on countering gender-based discrimination

Publishing date: 29 June 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
The OSCE Mission to Skopje on 28 June 2016 launched a two-day workshop for 22 members of the Police Union on countering gender-based discrimination with the aim of advancing the position of women in police services and increasing gender sensitivity among police officers...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 28 June 2016

Publishing date: 29 June 2016
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs. The fifty-second Russian Convoy of 45 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns suicide bombings at Ataturk International Airport

Publishing date: 29 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2016 – Following the suicide bombings yesterday at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, killing at least 36, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement...

ODIHR expresses concerns on recent evictions of Roma in joint statement with other global and regional human rights organizations

Publishing date: 29 June 2016
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 and experts in issuing a statement condemning the recent evictions of Roma and Sinti, as well as Travellers, in Europe, on 29 June 2016.

67th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 28 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 28th June 2016, the 67th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.

2016 OSCE Annual Security Review Conference focuses on reviving co-operative security in a challenging environment

Publishing date: 28 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 28 June 2016 – High-level representatives of OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation and partnering organizations are exploring how to revive co-operative security against the backdrop of current challenges to European security, during the three-day 2016 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC), which started today in Vienna...