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OSCE enhances capacity of Moldovan agencies promoting and protecting rights of national minorities amid pandemic
Publishing date: 31 July 2020
Recognizing that human rights will be key to building back sustainable and equal societies in the post-pandemic recovery, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized online webinars on human rights in times of COVID-19 for a coalition of public agencies, which promote and protect rights of national minorities in Moldova, from 27 to 30 July 2020...
OSCE Special Representative welcomes recent meeting between Moldovan President and Transdniestrian leader and hopes for further “constructive, forward-looking dialogue”
Publishing date: 29 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 July 2020- The Special Representative of the Albanian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting welcomed yesterday’s meeting in Condrita between Moldovan President Igor Dodon and Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky...
OSCE Special Representative encourages leaderships in Chisinau and Tiraspol to focus on constructive, forward-looking dialogue
Publishing date: 18 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 18 June 2020 – Concluding his visit to the Republic of Moldova, the Special Representative of Albania’s OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting encouraged the Sides to focus on maintaining a constructive, results-oriented and forward-looking dialogue...
Dialogue needs to continue- now even more than before the COVID-19 pandemic, says Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 30 April 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
A goal-oriented dialogue with regular interactions by the two Chief Negotiators is crucial to addressing humanitarian challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis for the population on both banks, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Claus Neukirch, said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 30 April 2020...
Special Representative’s visit underlines commitment of Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship to Transdniestrian Settlement Process
Publishing date: 23 January 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 23 January 2020 – The new Special Representative of Albania’s OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, today concluded his first visit to Moldova in his new capacity.
OSCE Mission trains lawyers and civil society on best practices of protecting national minorities’ access to information
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: National minority issues, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Moldova conducted three workshops on non-discrimination and access to information for persons belonging to national minorities from 11 to 29 November 2019 in Chisinau. More than 80 legal professionals and civil society representatives from three different regions of Moldova, including the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, participated in the workshops...
OSCE enhances capacity and co-operation of agencies promoting and protecting rights of national minorities in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
The OSCE’s Mission to Moldova organized a two-day training course on access to healthcare by minority groups on 22 November 2019 in Chisinau. More than 25 representatives of the Agency for Interethnic Relations, the Ombudsman’s office and the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality completed the course. The course is part of an effort to establish a coalition of public agencies implementing the National Strategy for Consolidation of Interethnic Relations.