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OSCE Quarterly Selections 1/2020 January – March 2020 OSCE Quarterly Selections 1/2020 January – March 2020 The following six groups have been categorised with a view to helping readers navigate among the “official document” collections available on the OSCE web. Each group is chronologically organized and provides links to individual documents front pages where one can also access available language variations. Many sections include recently released documents related to events or activities that took place last year. I. OSCE PERIODICALS AND E-PUBLICATIONS are digital resources which cover the whole range of issues the OSCE is engaged in. This section includes annual reports, e-books, guidelines, manuals and factsheets. II. DECISIONS, CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS AND JOURNALS OF THE DAY yielded by regular OSCE negotiating and decision-making bodies (such as plenary meetings of the Permanent Council and the Forum for Security Co-operation). III. SELECTED STATEMENTS, INTERVENTIONS, REGULAR REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS made by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and High Officials representing OSCE structures, institutions and field activities. Statements and contributions made by national delegations during regular plenary meetings are grouped according to the negotiating body they were delivered at. See Permanent Council meetings at https://www.osce.org/pc/109624 and Forum for Security Co-operation meetings at https://www.osce.org/fsc/109625. IV. CONSOLIDATED SUMMARIES, REPORTS AND AGENDAS (non-consensus) released by/at various OSCE meetings, events, conferences, seminars and workshops. This section also includes recently released documents related to events that will take place in the months to come. V. ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORTS prepared by various types of OSCE/ODIHR election missions, as well as statements or opinions and analysis concerning election observation in participating States. VI. SELECTED INTEREST AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS relating to events or activities within the three OSCE dimensions. Compiled by The OSCE Documentation Centre in Prague Náměstí Borise Němcova 529/2, 16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic [email protected] | tel: +420-224 186 450 | fax: +420-224 186 440 https://www.osce.org | https://www.osce.org/documentation-centre-in-prague | https://www.osce.org/resources/126378 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AIAM — Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting NAM — Needs Assessment Mission ASRC — Annual Security Review Conference OCEEA — Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and ATU — Action against Terrorism Unit Environmental Activities CCA — Court of Conciliation and Arbitration ODIHR — Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights CiO — Chairperson-in-Office OM BCP Gukovo & Donetsk — OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk CGAP — Contact Group of the Asian Partners for Co-operation OM Moldova — OSCE Mission to Moldova CGMP — Contact Group of the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation OM Montenegro — OSCE Mission to Montenegro COMMS — Communication and Media Relations Section OM Serbia — OSCE Mission to Serbia CPC — Conflict Prevention Center OM Skopje — OSCE Mission to Skopje CS — OSCE Secretariat Conference Services OMBaH — OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina CTHB — Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating OMiK — OSCE Mission in Kosovo Trafficking in Human Beings OPA — OSCE Presence in Albania DHR — Department of Human Resources OPCU — OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine EC — Election Code OSG — Office of the Secretary General EAM — Election Assessment Mission PA — Parliamentary Assembly EEF — Economic and Environmental Forum PACE — Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe EET — Election Expert Team PC — Permanent Council EOM — Election Observation Mission PEC — Precinct Election Commission EST — Election Support Team PO in Astana — OSCE Programme Office in Astana ExtCoop — External Co-operation PO in Bishkek — OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek FSC — Forum for Security Co-operation PO in Dushanbe — OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe FYROM — the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia PO in Nur-Sultan — OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan FSC-PC — Joint FSC-PC Meeting PO in Uzbekistan — OSCE Programme Office in Uzbekistan HCNM — High Commissioner on National Minorities PRCiO — Personal Representative of the Chairperson- in-Office HDC — Human Dimension Committee ROM — Referendum Observation Mission HDIM — Human Dimension Implementation Meeting RFoM — Representative on Freedom of the Media HDS — Human Dimension Seminar SEC — Secretariat HOC — Head of Centre SG — Secretary General HOM — Head of Mission SHDM — Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting IEOM — International Election Observation Mission SMM — OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine IROM — International Referendum Observation Mission SPMU — Strategic Police Matters Unit LEOM — Limited Election Observation Mission SRCiO — Special Representative of the Chairperson- in-Office MC — Ministerial Council TNTD — Transnational Threats Department Documentation acronyms (ID) OSCE working languages Other languages .JOUR — Journal of the day Most OSCE official journals and consensus documents, such as Publications and documents listed herein include a mention of the language variations in which they .DEC — Decision decisions, are issued in all six OSCE working languages listed below: are available. By clicking on the link you will arrive on the web page of your selection and from there .DEL — Issued by one or more delegation(s) English French you can click on the language of your choice. .DOC — Document of particular importance German Italian .GAL — Substantive or general nature Russian Spanish .INF — Basic information Document ID Reference System Document identification and distribution follows a set of registry values, some or all of which will form the document identification block appearing on the upper right corner of distributed documents. Main category: Capital letters denoting the nature of the document and referring to the main OSCE body to which it is to be submitted or from which it originates (PC, FSC, MC, SEC, ODIHR). Subcategory: Capital letters referring to meetings of bodies working under the authority of the main OSCE bodies (PC.ACMF, PC.SHDM, FSC.AIAM, etc.). Subgroup: Capital letters indicating the document type (such as field reports, journals, etc. – also see acronyms listed above). Suffixes may be added, where necessary, in order to indicate modifications of the text (Rev — Revision; Corr — Correction; Add — Addendum). I. OSCE PUBLICATIONS AND PERIODICALS are digital resources which cover the whole range of issues the OSCE is engaged in. This section includes annual reports, e-books, guidelines, manuals and factsheets. Document type/ No. Title/Description OSCE ID or ISBN Language URL Originator 1 Annual report/ OSCE Annual Report 2019. ISBN: 978-3- https://www.osce.org/annual- English OSG 903128-54-5 report/2019 2 Brochure/ Programme of the Albanian OSCE Chairmanship 2020. This programme sets out the priorities of https://www.osce.org/ English Chairmanship the Albanian OSCE Chairmanship. chairmanship/443530 3 Study/ Implementing Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the OSCE Region. This study examines ISBN: - 978-3- SEC the National Action Plans of OSCE participating States, and offers more in-depth information on how Women, 903128-53-8 https://www.osce.org/ English Peace and Security agenda is implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia and secretariat/444577 Ukraine. 4 Factsheet/ Factsheet of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre. The OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) English https://www.osce.org/cpc/13717 SEC/CPC provides a direct link between the OSCE field operations and the Secretariat in Vienna. Russian 5 Factsheet/ Factsheet: Gender equality. A factsheet about the OSCE’s activities related to gender equality. https://www.osce.org/resources/ English SEC/Gender Section factsheets/gender-equality 6 Factsheet/ Well-Being and Safety of Women: Facts And Figures at a Glance. The OSCE implemented the https://www.osce.org/ SEC/Gender Section OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in selected countries in South Eastern Europe and English secretariat/445501 Eastern Europe. 7 Factsheet/ The OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension: Structure and Decision-making. https://www.osce.org/ SEC/OCEEA The OCEEA consists of the Economic and Environmental Forum Unit, the Economic Governance Unit, and the English secretariat/448186 Environmental Co-operation Unit. 8 Guide/ A Whole-of-Society Approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and ISBN: 978-3- SEC/TNTD Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism: A Guidebook for Central Asia. The guidebook focuses on 903128-32-3 https://www.osce.org/ English the challenges in developing and implementing effective programmes to prevent and counter VERLT in Central secretariat/444340 Asia. 9 Guide/ Non-custodial Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Preventing and Countering Violent ISBN: 978-3- SEC/TNTD Extremism and Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism: A Guidebook for Policymakers and 903128-50-7 https://www.osce.org/ English Practitioners in South-Eastern Europe. This guidebook was written to help support policymakers and secretariat/444838 practitioners who are looking to develop rehabilitation and reintegration programs outside the prison setting. 10 Factsheet/ OSCE-UNODC Training Programme on Countering Terrorist Financing. The OSCE’s Transnational SEC/TNTD Threats Department (TNTD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs Crime’s Global Programme against Money English https://www.osce.org/node/445150
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