The report provides insight into the legal and policy frameworks, as well as the establishment, functioning and composition of municipal mechanisms tasked with protecting and promoting the rights and interests of non-majority communities in Kosovo. The report observes that these mechanisms, the communities committee (CC), municipal office for communities and returns (MOCR), deputy mayor for communities (DMC), and deputy chairperson of the municipal assembly for communities (DCMAC), have demonstrated that they can be important advocates for the municipalities where they are operational and have produced clear substantive outputs with benefits to the communities they serve. This report therefore serves as an update to assess the development of these mechanisms since 2014 and provides a set of recommendations for improving the compliance and performance of these mechanisms in promoting and protecting communities’ rights in Kosovo.

Invitation package and draft agenda

Publishing date: 4 October 2021

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

What we do: Economic activities

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

English

Georgia, Local Elections, 2 October 2021: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions

Publishing date: 3 October 2021

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

What we do: Elections

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Georgia, Local Elections, 2 October 2021: Preliminary Statement Georgia, Local Elections, 2 October 2021: International Observers' Preliminary Statement

North Macedonia, Local Elections, 17 October 2021: Interim Report

Publishing date: 1 October 2021

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

What we do: Elections

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Journal of the 1337th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Publishing date: 30 September 2021

Collections: 1337th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Permanent Council

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Mr. Ruslan Kazakbaev. Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Deteriorating situation in Ukraine and continued non-implementation by the Ukrainian authorities of the Minsk agreements.Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Rise of neo-Nazism in the OSCE area as a consequence of the Munich Agreement of 1938 (Latvia, Annex 2). Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group issued on 24 September 2021 (Armenia, Annex 3; Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Turkey, Annex 5). Permanent deletion by YouTube of RT's German-language channels (Germany, Annex 6). Importance of civil society in the OSCE region. The 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. Situation in the north of Kosovo and agreed conclusions in Brussels on 30 September 2021.