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OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid visits Tajikistan and OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe

31 August 2022
  • President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (right) and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid in Dushanbe, 7 June 2022. (Photo/Press service of President of the Republic of Tajikistan)
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  • OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid (centre) and Acting Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Vuk Žugić (left), during a bilateral meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Dushanbe, 7 June 2022. (Photo/Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan)
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  • OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid at the Second International High-Level Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, Dushanbe, 7 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • Dilrabo Mansuri, Deputy Speaker of the Tajik Parliament and Head of the Alliance of Women Parliamentarians (left) presenting a national souvenir to OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid (right) delivering an opening statement at the pre-conference forum “Women Water Forum: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Water Unites Us”, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid (centre) with OSCE Women Mentoring Network for Water Professionals, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • (left-right) Marilyn Josefson, Ambassador of the European Union to Tajikistan; Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General; Daler Khamidov, National Border Management Officer at the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Colonel-General Rajabali Rahmonali, Commander of the Border Troops of Tajikistan at the handover ceremony of protective, technical and transport equipment for use along the border with Afghanistan, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General and Colonel-General Rajabali Rahmonali, Commander of the Border Troops of Tajikistan at the handover ceremony of protective, technical and transport equipment for use along the border with Afghanistan, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • Takhmina Akhmedova (left), De-mining Senior Project Assistant at the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, displays a de-mining toolkit to the Secretary General, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, trying on a demining safety helmet and a protective vest during her visit to the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • Participants of the 32nd Staff Course for Women Leaders organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College, the College’s staff members and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid pose for a group photo, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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  • The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe staff members and the Secretary General pose for a group photo durig her visit to the Office, Dushanbe, 6 June 2022. (OSCE/Didor Sadulloev)
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OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, visited Tajikistan and the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 6 and 7 June 2022.

During her visit, the Secretary General met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Commander of the Tajik Border Troops Colonel-General Rajabali Rahmonali, Deputy Speaker of the Tajik Parliament and Head of the Alliance of Women Parliamentarians Dilrabo Mansuri as well as with civil society representatives.

The Secretary General participated in the Second International High-Level Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development” hosted jointly by the Government of Tajikistan and the United Nations, in partnership with the OSCE and other international stakeholders. She also opened the pre-conference forum “Women Water Forum: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Water Unites Us”.

Schmid met with the staff of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the OSCE Border Management Staff College, and commended their dedication and professionalism.