Mission since 1993 to aid in the achievement of a long-term resolution to the Transdniestrian conflict. Mission expanded in 1999 to include monitoring and coordinating assistance for the elimination of Russian arms and ammunition from the country.

The OSCE is a regional security organization with participating states in Europe, Central Asia and North America. It deals with issues such as human trafficking, arms control, conflict prevention and resolution, human rights and nondiscrimination. It fights deliberate and violent hate speech in the media through awareness-raising projects, education and regular meetings with media outlets, editors […]

Mission since 1999 to promote human rights and the rule of law, and to support the development of institutions and democracy.

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Blog post.

“A Pew Forum graphic shows that Indonesia is the country with the world’s largest Muslim population (205 million). Roughly 88% of Indonesia’s population is Muslim, and the nation is home to about 13% of the world’s Muslims.”

“A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church…called on the Vatican to do more to resolve outstanding disputes so that a meeting between Pope Benedict and the Russian Patriarch could take place.”