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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: High-level OSCE officials urge States to redouble efforts, especially amid backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic
Publishing date: 30 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA / WASHINGTON, D.C. / WARSAW, 30 July 2020- On the occasion of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons today, high-level OSCE officials have highlighted the need to redouble efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly against the backdrop of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Prosecute human traffickers and deliver justice to victims: OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons calls for an end to impunity
Publishing date: 20 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 20 July 2020 – Identifying effective ways to improve the prosecution of human traffickers is the focus of the 20th high-level OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons, which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama takes action to ensure operational continuity ahead of imminent vacancies of Secretary General and Heads of Institutions roles
Publishing date: 17 July 2020
Content type: Press release
TIRANA / VIENNA, 17 July 2020 – In a letter to the OSCE’s 57 participating States today, Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship announced that the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama has taken prompt action to ensure the Organization’s operational continuity in light of the imminent vacancies of the OSCE Secretary General and the Heads of Institutions roles...
OSCE organizes online discussion on exploitation of COVID-19 pandemic by organized crime groups
Publishing date: 9 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia organized a webinar on the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic by organized crime groups on 8 July 2020.
Bringing together global agenda on women peace and security and local efforts for its implementation
Publishing date: 2 July 2020
Collecting and making available sex-disaggregated data and analyses, ensuring financial resources for making the women, peace and security agenda a reality on the ground, as well as building knowledge and skills of local decision-makers and civil society actors are ways for international organizations and donors to contribute to the implementation of women, peace and security (WPS) resolutions beyond national capitals. These were the conclusions reached during the online event held on 1 July 2020.
Well-governed migration pivotal to ensure positive development outcomes for post-pandemic recovery, say participants at OSCE-hosted discussion
Publishing date: 29 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
The disruption of labour mobility during the COVID-19 crisis and possible ways forward to address the post-pandemic recovery were the focus of an OSCE webinar held on 26 June 2020...
OSCE Chair Rama and Secretary General Greminger call for reinvigorated security co-operation and dialogue in Europe
Publishing date: 25 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA 25 June 2020 – “Our co-operation is faltering due to a lack of trust. That trust is lacking due to a breakdown in our dialogue, and due to clear and repeated disregard for our principles and commitments. We need change, and we need it now,” said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama, while addressing a three-day Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC), which concluded today in Vienna...
Multilateral action, diplomacy and international solidarity to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
A message of solidarity from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Vienna
Use new technologies to prevent and combat corruption and money-laundering, participants at OSCE Economic and Environmental meeting urge
Publishing date: 16 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 16 June 2020 – We must do all we can to adapt and use new technologies in preventing and combating corruption and money-laundering, participants of a two-day virtual 2nd Preparatory meeting of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) urge, which concluded today. Tackling corruption will be a critical element in the ability of many countries to successfully re-emerge from the COVID-19 crisis...
Albanian OSCE Chair leads discussion on role of multi-stakeholder initiatives and public-private partnerships in strengthening cyber resilience
Publishing date: 15 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA, 15 June 2020 – How multi-stakeholder approaches and public-private partnerships can strengthen cyber/ICT security in the OSCE’s 57 participating States was the focus of today’s “Cyber/ICT Security Day” event, organized by Albania’s 2020 OSCE Chair in Vienna...