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The Model OSCE for Youth helped strengthen dialogue between the young people on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River and introduced them to peaceful conflict-resolution approaches, 26-29 September 2019, Vadul-lui-Voda, Moldova.
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Head of Mission visits a kindergarten where the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) piloted a bilingual education programme in the Gagauz and Romanian languages for children attending Russian language pre-schools, Kongaz, 24 September.
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During his trip to Tiraspol on 19 September 2019 OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger visited the Gura Bicului-Bychok Bridge, which was reopened as part of the Transdniestrian settlement process in 2017.
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Journalists improve skills of reporting on diversity and national minorities in Moldova at an OSCE-led event, Chisinau, 27 June 2019.
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Presentation of the results for Moldova of the OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women, Chisinau, 4 July 2019.
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The mediators and the observers in the Transdniestrian Settlement Process at the OSCE Mission to Moldova premises ahead of their meetings with the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership, Chisinau, 12 July 2019.
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Lawyers from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River improve their professional skills at an OSCE workshop on human rights, Chisinau, 20 June.
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The OSCE Mission to Moldova builds confidence between legal and civil society professionals from both banks to address prevalent human rights issues prioritized by the Human Rights sub-Working Group, which was reactivated by Chisinau and Tiraspol in 2018.
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Moldovan farmers are sowing wheat on their farmlands near Dorotcaia village, Dubasari district, which they regained access to on 1 August 2018 in line with the agreement signed by Chisinau and Tiraspol in 2017. The Moldovan farmers have now unconditional access to their farmlands in the Dubasari district for a period of 20 years.
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Two Joint Vehicle Registration Offices (VROs) were opened on 1 September 2018 in the left-bank cities of Tiraspol and Ribnita in line with the April 2018 “licence plate” agreement. The VROs issue internationally recognized Moldovan neutral-design licence plates to vehicles from Transdniestria to allow for their participation in international traffic.
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Franco Frattini, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, handed over the first Moldovan neutral-design licence plates at a Vehicle Registration Office (VRO) in Tiraspol on 10 September 2018. The two VROs were opened with funding from the Italian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Moldova.
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Lucian Blaga Theoretical Lyceum in Tiraspol is one of the eight Latin-script schools in Transdniestria. These schools now operate with symbolic rental costs, standardized utility fees, as well as a mechanism for the simplified crossing of students and delivery of goods via internal checkpoints. A relevant agreement was implemented by Chisinau and Tiraspol in 2018 in the framework of the settlement process.
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In keeping with the 2004 Agreement on the Principles of Co-operation between the Mission and the Joint Control Commission, the Mission monitors the situation in the Security Zone.
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The Mission is assisting the Moldovan authorities in increasing awareness and understanding of the Holocaust in a local context as a way to promote an open and healing discussion of painful periods of the country’s history.
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Speaking at the Transdniestrian Dialogues Conference on 5 April 2019, Claus Neukirch, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, underlined a key role civil society leaders can play in supporting the settlement process in the right direction and building a broad dialogue.
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The OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitates a comprehensive and lasting political settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict in all its aspects, strengthening the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognized borders with a special status for Transdniestria. Since 2012, all 57 OSCE participating States have endorsed these principles of the final settlement in annual Ministerial Council Statements.
To promote the achievement of the Transdniestrian settlement, the Mission also pursues a range of other activities outlined in its mandate. The details of the Mission’s mandate can be found here: full mandate