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Commemoration must be coupled with education to combat anti-Semitism, build peaceful societies, OSCE says on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/WASHINGTON, 27 January 2022 – On today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE calls for greater efforts to find new forms of remembrance and education in order to fight back harder against anti-Semitism and build peaceful societies free from hate and prejudice.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 18/2022 issued on 26 January 2022
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
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 403 ceasefire violations, including 26 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 39 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 57 ceasefire violations, including seven explosions. In the previous reporting
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 26 January 2022
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 26 January 2022 – The Special Representative of the OSCE ChairpersonChairman-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
OSCE Mission to Montenegro welcomes State Election Commission’s decision to open its sessions to public
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
Siv-Katrine Leirtroe, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, welcomed the commitment by the State Election Commission (SEC) to amend internal rules and procedures to ensure its meetings are public. This has been a long-standing recommendation by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). “This decision will result in greater openness and accountability of the SEC, which is a necessary step in ensuring a transparent election management body,” said Leirtroe, adding that the Mission will be working with the SEC in the coming months to ensure all meetings can be livestreamed. According to the Survey on Public Perceptions and Confidence in Election Management Bodies in Montenegro, commissioned by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and published in November 2021, there was a need to further strengthen the transparency and professionalism of election management bodies. As many as 87.3% of citizens believed that opening sessions to the public would contribute to greater public confidence in the work of the SEC and the election process as a whole.
Safeguarding freedom of expression in the age of artificial intelligence: Launch of the SAIFE Policy Manual
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 26 January 2022 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today launched the SAIFE Policy Manual, a publication that puts a spotlight on the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression.
OSCE organizes training course on financial investigations, virtual currencies and darknet in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
OSCE, jointly with the Council of Europe, organized a training course on financial investigations, cryptocurrencies and the use of the darknet for police officers, prosecutors, and representatives of the National Security Service, Investigative Committee, and the Central Bank of Armenia. Over 20 participants attended the training course held from 19 to 21 January in Yerevan.
OSCE together with international partners supports project on police reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
The European Union will fund a 24-month project on building effective and accountable institutions in Armenia, based on the principles of good governance and respect for the rule of law. The project will be jointly implemented by the OSCE, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).