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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes renewal of mandate and approval of budget of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Publishing date: 31 March 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Stockholm, 31 March 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde, welcomed today’s OSCE Permanent Council decision to renew the mandate and approve the budget of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) for another year until 31 March 2022.

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS

Publishing date: 26 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 26 March 2021-The 52nd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place in the Palais des Nations on 25 and 26 March 2021. The meeting was held in person, with all requisite pandemic mitigation measures in place.

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 17 March 2021

Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 17 March 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde visits Armenia

Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
YEREVAN, 16 March 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, concluded a working visit to Armenia today.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde visits Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BAKU, 15 March 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, paid a working visit to Azerbaijan today.

We need concrete action on Women, Peace and Security Agenda, say participants of joint OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation–Permanent Council meeting

Publishing date: 10 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Gender equality, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 10 March 2021 — Progress has been made since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security more than 20 years ago, but more concrete actions are needed, said participants at the joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the OSCE Permanent Council held online today to mark International Women’s Day this week.

Gender equality is a cornerstone of media freedom and democratic society, OSCE leaders say

Publishing date: 9 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 9 March 2021 – Ensuring both equal opportunities and equal safeguards for women and men is key to an independent and diverse media landscape, which is vital for open societies based on the principles at the heart of OSCE commitments to human rights and democracy, participants said at a two-day OSCE meeting that ended today.