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OSCE organizes workshop on strengthening effective security sector governance in Albania through partnerships between security institutions and civil society
Publishing date: 23 November 2021
A two-day workshop on strengthening effective security sector governance through partnerships between security institutions and civil society concluded on 23 November 2021 in Tirana. The workshop was jointly organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence. It brought together some 28 representatives from Albanian state security institutions, civil society, and the media.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports government in introducing gender responsive budgeting
Publishing date: 23 November 2021
Gender responsible budgeting is not just a matter of social justice, but a necessary precondition for sustainable development and social cohesion. This was one of the conclusions of a workshop on gender responsive budgeting, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Secretariat of the Competitiveness Council and the Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare on 19 November 2021 in Podgorica.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 274/2021 issued on 22 November 2021
Publishing date: 22 November 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, between the evenings of 19 to 21 November, the Mission recorded 223 ceasefire violations, including 59 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 421 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 19 to 21 November, the SMM
Roundtable discussion on Border Security and Management in the wake of the later developments in Afghanistan at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 22 November 2021
The OSCE’s Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a roundtable discussion on 19 November 2021 to examine the security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the current and potential threats it poses to the Central Asian Region and beyond.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2021 issued on 20 November 2021
Publishing date: 20 November 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 Mission recorded 421 ceasefire violations, including 95 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 715 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 121 ceasefire violations, including 51 explosions, 37 of which were assessed
OSCE SMM Spot Report 26/2021: Members of the armed formations denied the SMM access to Staromykhailivka and threatened to shoot down an SMM mini-UAV
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 November at 09:45, at a checkpoint in Staromykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 15km west of Donetsk), two visibly armed members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage into the settlement, referring to a need to obtain approval from their superiors. The patrol’s task was to follow
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde concludes official visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MOSCOW, 19 November 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ann Linde, concluded her second official visit to Moscow today.