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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches call for nominations for 2024 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 2 February 2024
THE HAGUE, 2 February 2024 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov today launched a call for nominations for the 2024 Max van der Stoel Award. The award of 50,000 euros recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the OSCE participating States. The deadline for nominations is 31 March 2024.
OSCE PCUz continues supporting the “Open Data Challenge” to find digital solutions for economic development and good governance in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 1 February 2024
From 26 to 28 January, IT enthusiasts gathered at the New Uzbekistan University in Tashkent for the sixth edition of the “Open Data Challenge” hackathon.
Organized crime and the role of women in criminal networks in focus at OSCE lecture
Publishing date: 31 January 2024
From 29 to 31 January 2024, 25 graduate students from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia participated in a training programme dedicated to organized crime and the often-overlooked role of women in criminal networks. This event was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and OSCE Transnational Threats Department.
OSCE Presence organizes study visit to Slovakia for Albanian environment and law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 31 January 2024
Environment and law enforcement officials from Albania conducted a study visit to Slovakia focused on environmental inspection and investigation of environmental crimes, on 30 and 31 January 2024. The OSCE Presence in Albania organized the visit as part of its efforts to increase national
Russian Federation flouts international commitments once again with decision not to invite OSCE observers to presidential election
Publishing date: 29 January 2024
WARSAW/COPENHAGEN, 29 January 2024 – The decision of the Russian Federation not to invite OSCE observers to the upcoming presidential election is deeply regrettable, leaders of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) said today.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to learn from the past and work together towards a more peaceful future, OSCE says
Publishing date: 27 January 2024
VALLETTA/WARSAW/WASHINGTON, 27 January 2024 – On today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE honours the victims of Nazi persecution, reflecting on the painful lessons from one of the darkest chapters of human history and seeking to learn from them, both for the present and future. The immense suffering and anguish endured by six million Jews, as well as millions of other innocent people, cannot be overstated or much worse forgotten.
OSCE Mission to BiH Statement on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2024
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina pauses to reflect on the millions of people who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The unimaginable suffering of Jews, Slavs, Roma and Sinti, individuals with disabilities, sexual and religious minorities, and many others during one of the darkest chapters in human history serves as a stark but necessary reminder that we must prevent the recurrence of such inhumanity.