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John Macgregor, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 20 May 2020. (OSCE/Gulom Turdaliev)

Championing Gender in Uzbekistan: Interview with John MacGregor, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

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Emmanuel Decaux of France was elected as President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in October 2019. (OSCE/Stanislava Kazimirova)

Interview with the President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Emmanuel Decaux

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Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sedat Önal, opens Turkey’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 15 January 2020. (OSCE/Ghada Hazim )

Turkey’s Chairmanship of Forum for Security Co-operation: Interview with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal

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Follow the money: How financial investigations aid in the fight against trafficking in human beings

On 11 November 2019, the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings presented in Vienna Following the Money, a step-by-step guide to financial investigations into trafficking in human beings.

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Climate, Conflict and Gender

Interview with Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, and founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation.

Mediating a ceasefire

Interview with Julian Thomas Hottinger, Senior Mediator, and Georg Stein, Mediation Advisor at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Using Biometrics to Keep Citizens Safe

The OSCE is partnering with the Biometrics Institute to assist participating States in implementing UNSCR 2396, which directs all States to collect biometric data, as a means to detect and counter the movement of foreign terrorist fighters.

William H. Hill, author of "No Place for Russia – European Security Institutions since 1989", Vienna, 18 February 2019. (OSCE/Malika Kanatbek Kyzy)

Good Read. Interview with William H. Hill, author of "No Place for Russia – European Security Institutions since 1989"

From the Why to the How: Switzerland’s Bold yet Practical Approach to Chairing OSCE Discussions on Military Security

Conversation with Swiss State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl

"When people unite and work in the same direction, it yields good results."

Interview with Kaana Aidarkul, Chairperson of the Kyrgyz Association of Women in the Security Sector

"Economic Diplomacy and Connectivity - What Role for the OSCE?" by Stefan Wolff from the Institute for Conflict, Co-operation and Security, University of Birmingham (ОБСЕ)

Good Read - Stefan Wolff, Economic Diplomacy and Connectivity: What Role for the OSCE?

Sustainable development and security – the global agenda and its reflections in the OSCE

The UN's adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals provides the OSCE with an opportunity to assess and reinforce its role in promoting the global sustainable development agenda.

Push a little bit harder

Interview with Clare Hutchinson, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

Water co-operation: the power of principles

On the occasion of a visit to the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, Waslekar spoke about the relevance of OSCE principles of co-operative security to the ever more urgent issue of sharing responsibility for the water of the world.

Japan: the OSCE’s first Asian Partner for Co-operation

The beginning of the OSCE’s long and fruitful relationship with Japan owes much to the astute political thinking of the Japanese leaders who after the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s were seeking to intensify the country’s relation with Europe.

Proactive, pragmatic: Interview with Günther Bächler

Günther Bächler has been Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus since January 2016. He speaks about dealing with the consequences of the 2008 war in Georgia and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Gender inequality and discrimination should be tackled to address violence against women

As part of the OSCE’s support for the campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we talked to Dalia Leinarte, a leading scholar on gender issues and chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

Good Read. OSCE Mediation and Conflict Management

The subtitle of this special issue of the journal Security and Human Rights is “Unraveling Complexities in OSCE Mediation”. And indeed, “complexity” is the word that best sums up the practice, challenges and potential of the OSCE’s role as a mediator...

Gender and the Armed Forces: People First

How has the situation for women in the military changed over time? Read our interview with Major General Tammy L. Harris, the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Commander of the Canadian Air Force.

The OSCE and Chernobyl: Mitigating the Persisting Legacy of Nuclear Disaster

The explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 affected the lives of millions of people for years to come. OSCE participating States are strongly committed to the alleviation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

A Global Village

Journalist Lorenzo Foti tells the story behind the photo exhibition jointly organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and OSCE in July 2017.

Investing in Stones is Not Enough

Achmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, speaks about his can-do approach to governing Western Europe’s largest port city at the OSCE Security Days in Vienna on 30 and 31 March 2017.

Letting Democracy Work

Governing a city is all about creating the conditions for citizens to flourish, explained Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, at the OSCE Security Days event Creating inclusive, Safe and Sustainable Cities in Vienna on 30 and 31 March 2017.

Urbanization is a Political Process

Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, explains how local and central governments need to co-operate on urbanization, at OSCE Security Days in Vienna on 30 and 31 March 2017.

Ending Statelessness: Interview with Volker Türk

The OSCE and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently launched the Handbook on Statelessness in the OSCE Areas last month. Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR, tells why we need to end statelessness.

Interview: Four military chaplains on ensuring freedom of belief in the armed forces

Military chaplains live with military personnel and share much of their day-to-day work. That puts them in a position to ensure that while on duty soldiers and officers can fully exercise their right to freedom of religion.

The Music of Peace

Interview with Luisa Sello, world-renowned Italian flautist. Her cultural initiative in partnership with the OSCE assembles an "army of musicians" who use the universal language of music to promote peace.

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