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Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
GENEVA, 11 December 2020- The 51st round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place in the Palais des Nations on 10-11 December 2020., 11 December 2020- The 51st round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place in the Palais des Nations on 10-11 December 2020...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 295/2020 issued on 11 December 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Summary The SMM recorded 284 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded two ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded six ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded five ceasefire violations in the
"Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow" continues to call on passionate young women and men to shape national and international action
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Youth
On 11 December 2020, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, with the support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Polska, hosted the "Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow", providing a platform for young women and men in Poland to make their voices heard.
Conference for the 25th anniversary of the Institute of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
On 11 December 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-hosted the blended event "the Digitalization of the Ombudsperson's work: innovative mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights and freedoms", dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Institute of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson). The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' (UN OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia, the United Nations Office in Uzbekistan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the United Nations Democracy Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and Penal Reform International, co-organized the event...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver online train-the-trainer course to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina's capacities to analyze terrorist financing related risks and threats
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department's Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 9 to 11 December 2020, with the aim of strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) capacities to analyse terrorist financing risks and threats...
Celebrating Human Rights Day in Uzbekistan
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, together with the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, co-hosted a blended event to mark Human Rights Day. The International Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948
On International Anti-Corruption Day OSCE hosts event on beneficial ownership and public procurement processes, key to preventing corrupt practices
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
The importance of political support as a key step in introducing effective legal and policy frameworks to strengthen open data initiatives that lead to societies that are more transparent was discussed at an OSCE-organized webinar on International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2020...