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Breaking barriers and cracking ceilings: overcoming challenges to women’s entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans. Side-event of the Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Tetovo, North Macedonia.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Conference in Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia

Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology

Conventional Arms Transfer

It is important to know what a hate crime is. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

These Financial Statements have been audited by the External Auditor appointed by the Permanent Council (PC), the Cour des Comptes of France, who expressed an unmodified (unqualified) opinion that they present a fair view of the OSCE’s finances in 2022. They are now final and have been circulated to the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance (ACMF) and the External Auditor has presented his main findings to the Committee and to the PC. However, the PC has been unable to date to find consensus on acceptance of the Financial Statements

The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.