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OSCE supports development of a public awareness-raising campaign on danger of misuse of weapons, ammunition and explosives in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Through two working sessions on 2 and 3 November and 19 November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop dedicated to designing a public outreach campaign, to raise awareness on the dangers of misuse and proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
OSCE and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime course highlights importance of financial intelligence in preventing and countering terrorism
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
How to undertake financial investigation to effectively cut off terrorism financing channels was the focus of a three-day training course for experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded on 18 November 2021.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 271/2021 issued on 18 November 2021
Publishing date: 18 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 SMM recorded 408 ceasefire violations, including 150 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 299 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 256 ceasefire violations, including 205 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE promotes transboundary water co-operation in Chu-Talas River Basin
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A working group meeting on environmental protection under the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Chu-Talas Water Commission (Commission) took place on 18 November 2021 in Almaty. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan (POiN) and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) in close co-operation with the Commission.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina releases ‘Maglaj- War and Peace’ documentary
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
“There are no winners in war” say the protagonists of ‘Maglaj – War and Peace’, a documentary by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina released publicly online today with the Swedish Embassy in Sarajevo on behalf of the 2021 Swedish Chairpersonship of the OSCE.
103rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 18 November 2021 — The 103rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) convened today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all necessary health precautions were followed at the meeting venue.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports implementing the National Strategy for Gender Equality
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
In November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized two training modules for the commission for monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy for Gender Equality to enhance its capacities to facilitate inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral co-operation and to monitor, evaluate and report on implementation progress.