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OSCE concludes a refresher course for document security instructors
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
A five-day OSCE-supported refresher course for 20 border service’s document security instructors concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 12 November 2021.
OSCE organizes gender mainstreaming seminar for regional secretaries of the National Commission
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan (National Commission) organized a training seminar for regional secretaries of the Commission in Nur-Sultan on 18 and 19 November 2021.
OSCE organizes workshop on role of youth in combating corruption in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Tajik youth increased their understanding and knowledge about negative impacts of corruption and how they can prevent corruption in Tajikistan at an OSCE-organized workshop on 16 and 17 November 2021 in Dushanbe.
Traveller and Roma rights organization Pavee Point receives the 2020 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 19 November 2021 — “Barriers to equality have a devastating impact on so many aspects of Traveller and Roma life, including their health, education, accommodation and employment,” said Martin Collins, Co-Director of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
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