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Introductory remarks by the OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Politico-military dimension
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
989th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
2021 Ministerial Council logistical modalities for media participation
Publishing date: 4 November 2021
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Journal of the 1341st Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 25 October 2021
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1416 on the topic and dates of the 2021 Human Dimension Seminar. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1417 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2021 Human Dimension Seminar (Chairperson, Annex; Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2).
Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments- Monitoring Findings 2016-2020
Publishing date: 2 November 2021
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The appointment of judges and prosecutors is one of the HJPC BiH’s key competences. Based on the monitoring of the work of HJPC BiH, the Mission compiled these monitoring findings on judicial and prosecutorial appointments. They present key statistical data and trends based on the monitoring of judicial and prosecutorial appointments across BiH. Mission data, gathered through such monitoring, highlight inconsistent and inefficient practices in the appointment of judges and prosecutors in BiH, which may lead to the appointment of lesser-qualified candidates.
Address by Kairat Abdrakhmanov, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To the 15th Anniversary Conference of the Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies, Vienna, 5 November 2021.
Head of Presence remarks at high-level conference on Women, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 1 November 2021
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, Dutch Embassy and UN Women Albania on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of UNSCR 1325.
North Macedonia, Local Elections, Second Round, 31 October 2021: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Publishing date: 1 November 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, Second Round, 30 October 2021: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Publishing date: 31 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 1340th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 21 October 2021
Collections: 1340th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General, Ms. Helga Maria Schmid, of the 2022 Unified Budget Proposal (Russian Federation, Annex 1; Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Report of OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners, Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Helmut Napiontek. 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 3). The 21st anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. “UN Charter is our rules” campaign. Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in the OSCE area (Turkey, Annex 4). European and World Day against the Death Penalty. International Day of the Girl Child (Spain, also on behalf of Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America, Annex 5). On the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to the journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. 54th round of the Geneva International Discussions. Violation by Armenia of the provisions of the trilateral statement of 10 November 2020 (Azerbaijan, Annex 6). Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism: Remember – ReAct, held in Malmö, Sweden, on 13 October 2021. Fourth anniversary of the murder of the journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (Malta, Annex 7).
Journal of the 988th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 13 October 2021
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Security Dialogue: “Mil-to-Mil Contacts on Doctrines”: – Presentation by Brigadier General N. Gentile, Deputy Director for Partnering, Security Cooperation and Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States European Command; – Presentation by Colonel (General Staff) M. Ghilardi, Head of Military Doctrine, Swiss Armed Forces; – Presentation by Colonel M. Bastin, Motorized Capabilities programme, Belgian Armed Forces; seconded to the French Army Staff (Austria, Annex 1). Situation in and around Ukraine. Update on the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control in accordance with Article IV of Annex 1-B to the Dayton Peace Agreement (Montenegro, also on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, Annex 2). Request for assistance in the management of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan, Annex 3).