Today the Secretary General of the 🇦🇹 Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Nikolaus Marschik, together with 🇦🇹 Amb to the OSCE Florian Raunig, visited the premises of 🇲🇹’s OSCE 2024 Chairpersonship, which the Government of #Austria has so graciously provided.…

On April 22-26, OSCE Programme Office in Astana & UN Office on Drugs & Crime PCBT held a training on strategic trade & export control #STEC in Almaty. 🇰🇿's customs & border reps enhanced their knowledge under #UNSC RES 1540, aiming to bolster security & mitigate risks of unauthorized goods transportation.

Successful launch of the publication Climate.Changes.Security, edited by Hans Lampalzer & Gerald Hainzl/🇦🇹National Defence Academy, which aims to enrich the ongoing discussions within OSCE. Many thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! Michael Bauer

To all friends and colleagues in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿!

Yesterday, the important publication 'Climate.Changes.Security' by the National Defence Academy & the Permanent Mission of Austria to the OSCE was presented by initiators Colonel Hans Lampalzer & Amb. Florian Raunig 👏 Keynotes by Bakyt Dzhusupov, Linsey Cottrell, Felix Schneider.

🇰🇿 Ambassador Mukhtar B. Tileuberdi, at the invitation of the MALTA - OSCE24, chaired the first session of the #OSCE Economic & Environmental Forum. Discussions centered on enhancing security through digital innovation, sustainable development & climate adaptation.

📷 Micky Kroell/OSCE

Humanity at the crossroads: Autonomous weapons systems will soon fill the world’s battlefields. We have to take action & agree on int‘l rules to ensure that decisions over life or death are never taken by machines!

➡️ Kicking off #AWS2024Vienna with 900+ guests from 142 states

#Petroglyphs dating back to the #Bronze Age were discovered by volunteers of the nationwide Taza (Clean) Kazakhstan environmental campaign in the #Zhambyl region

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🌳 Today, representatives from OSCE Programme Office in Astana were happy to participate in the environmental campaign #TazaKazakhstan . We're dedicated to making a positive impact through tree planting during this week's 'Zhasyl aimak' initiative. 🌎🙌 MFA Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

This Saturday «субботник» OSCE Programme Office in Astana staff joined Astana city hall and international community representatives to plant some trees as part of an initiative to raise awareness on green cities and protection of parks.

Happy we could contribute!

It was a pleasure to speak to young & interested participants at the “Diplomatic School” on the OSCE’s role in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿.

The “Diplomatic School” is an informal opportunity for individuals to listen & talk to various international representatives in Astana.

Thank you! 🙏

Today Head of OSCE Programme Office in Astana Dr. Volker Frobarth, welcomed 🇸🇪 Ambassador, Her Excellency Ms. Ewa Polano, to our Office, and discussed our activities in 🇰🇿 across all three dimensions with regards to security. Grateful for Sweden's ongoing interest and support.🤝

This week, we collaborated w/ kazcent for a 5-day training course on gender aspects in #peacekeeping missions. Thanks to OSCE & #kazcent experts, Armed Forces reps from 🇯🇴🇰🇿🇳🇬🇹🇳 deepened their understanding of human rights, gender equality, GBV & SEA during service.💪

On this International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, I want to congratulate all my ⁦OSCE⁩ and ⁦⁦⁦MFA Austria⁩ colleagues for their tireless efforts - day after day - to make this world a better place.

Go in with all your heart ✌️🙏

Introducing Exploring Kazakhstan, City by City by The Astana Times. Today, we unveil the wonderful city of #Shymkent , nestled in southern #Kazakhstan . With a history tracing back to the Silk Road, Shymkent blends #ancient charm with #modern allure. astanatimes.com/?p=83367

Our Office facilitated a needs assessment visit by Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State to 🇰🇿 #BorderService K9 Training centre, Border checkpoints&green borders, supporting our project on ‘Addressing contemporary safety & security risks in 🇰🇿’ by reducing the risk of the illicit trafficking of weapons.

We are pleased to hear from Ambassador Peter Burian 🇸🇰, Ambassador Florian Raunig 🇦🇹, and Ambassador Anne-Marie Callan 🇮🇪.

The 🇲🇹 Chairpersonship of the OSCE extends its gratitude to each of them for their leadership in guiding the three Committees to address the most pressing…

Today, we welcomed Willy Kempel of 🇦🇹 to our premises, giving him a tour and introducing him to our team. We briefed him on our work in all three dimensions. #Austria , a founding member and host of the #OSCE headquarters, actively contributes to our work.

Introduced Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State to the new project “Addressing Contemporary Safety and Security Risks in 🇰🇿” implemented by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. Visited 🐕 K9 training centre in Karaoy and southern BCPs.

🌊 Today our Head of the Office was pleased to address the 6th Annual IHE #Water & #Peace Seminar on Conflict & Cooperation Dynamics Around Large Infrastructure in Transboundary Basins. He discussed the changing frameworks for regional water management approaches in #CentralAsia .