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OSCE Chair-in-Office Borg concludes visit to Tajikistan, stresses importance of regional responses to common challenges
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 26 June 2024 — Today, OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Ian Borg, concluded his visit to Tajikistan, reaffirming the OSCE’s long-standing co-operative relationship with the country.
Press communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 26 June 2024 – The 61st round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 25-26 June 2024 in accordance with the six-point agreement of 12 August 2008 and implementing measures of 8 September 2008.
Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH and BiH Deputy Minister of Human Rights and Refugees visit Banja Luka, Prijedor and Kozarac
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission), and Duška Jurišić, Deputy Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accompanied by representatives of the international community, visited Banja Luka, Prijedor and Kozarac today to learn about challenges facing minorities living in these communities.
OSCE convenes Annual Security Review Conference to engage in dialogue on the security situation in the region
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
VIENNA, 26 June 2024 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will hold a two-day Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) in Vienna on 26 and 27 June 2024.
OSCE strengthens stakeholder co-operation in Moldova to prevent youth crime
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Content type: News
On 25 June, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities held a workshop for state authorities on strengthening multi-stakeholder engagement to effectively prevent youth involvement in criminal and corrupt activities. The workshop in Chisinau was organized in co-operation with Foundation Terre des hommes Moldova.
OSCE Chair-in-Office Ian Borg concludes visit to Kazakhstan, reiterates continued engagement with the country
Publishing date: 25 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
ASTANA, 25 June 2024 — Today, OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Ian Borg, concluded his visit to Kazakhstan. The visit focused on strengthening regional co-operation and the OSCE’s engagement in addressing the broad range of security challenges the region is facing.
OSCE holds a Consultative Meeting on Transparency of War Crimes Trials and Public Availability of Judicial Decisions
Publishing date: 25 June 2024
A strict interpretation of the new regulatory framework suggests that information regarding adjudicated facts and individual criminal responsibility will be substantially limited, with full anonymization of details about defendants and the context of the crime.