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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
GENEVA, 26 March 2021-The 52nd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place in the Palais des Nations on 25 and 26 March 2021. The meeting was held in person, with all requisite pandemic mitigation measures in place.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Turkey
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
On 26 March, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with the newly appointed Ambassador Hatun Demirer, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OSCE, to welcome the new Ambassador and discuss the current media situation in Turkey.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 70/2021 issued on 26 March 2021
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 493 ceasefire violations, most of them shots and bursts of small-arms fire. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 89 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded one ceasefire violation. In the previous reporting
Good governance and the rule of law fundamental to economic growth, say participants at OSCE Asian Partners meeting
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
VIENNA, 26 March 2021 – Good governance and the rule of law are fundamental to economic growth, political stability, and security in the OSCE region and Asian Pacific, according to participants at the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group discussion, the first under the Albanian Chair, organized in partnership with Japan...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative meets with UK Minister of State
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with the Minister for South Asia and Commonwealth of the British Government, H.E. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, on 25 March 2021, to discuss media freedom developments in the United Kingdom and the OSCE region.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates IT equipment to civil society organizations
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
As part of an joint initiative to strengthen capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs) in using digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro delivered IT equipment to 19 CSOs from 15 to 26 March...
The “Perspectives 20-30 Online Academy” launches: the OSCE amplifies youth voices for a safer future
Publishing date: 26 March 2021
VIENNA, 26 March 2021 – Thirty two young professionals and students from 29 OSCE participating States began the nine-month “Perspectives 20-30 Online Academy” on 26 March 2021. The Office of the OSCE Secretary General, in partnership with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe strongly supports this initiative.