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SARAJEVO, 17 October 2025 - On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, 18 October, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB), organized a conference in Sarajevo to raise awareness and promote stronger action against trafficking in human beings.

Bringing together representatives from the private sector, labour inspectorates, law enforcement, civil society, international organizations, and the diplomatic community, the conference emphasized shared responsibility and coordinated action to apply human rights due diligence and prevent trafficking and labour exploitation in supply chains.

“The OSCE has long recognized that combating trafficking in human beings requires a whole-of-society approach. This means that preventing trafficking in supply chains demands close co-operation among all relevant stakeholders. No actor can succeed alone,” said Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The private sector, national authorities, international organizations, civil society, and consumers each have a unique role to play in ensuring that supply chains are free from labour exploitation.”

Forced labour is a transnational problem deeply embedded in complex global supply chains, and no country can tackle it in isolation. Fabian Bonertz, Senior Advisor at the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, emphasized that recent developments in due diligence and forced labour regulations—such as those emerging from the European Union and other global frameworks—reflect a growing international commitment to ethical supply chains. “For countries seeking to enhance their trade standing, aligning with these standards offers not only moral but also market advantages. It’s not only the right thing to do; it’s smart business,” Bonertz said.

Highlighting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national efforts, Ermin Pešto, State Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration at the Ministry of Security of BiH, noted: “Bosnia and Herzegovina is at the beginning of the process of adopting a systemic approach to this issue. The Strategy for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, adopted by the Council of Ministers of BiH, foresees specific measures that we will implement in the coming period. A special focus will be on the involvement of government institutions, such as public procurement agencies and labour inspectorates, as well as chambers of commerce and the private sector, in order to create a comprehensive and sustainable response to this problem.”

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue working with partners to strengthen prevention, enhance protection mechanisms, and promote ethical and transparent business practices that safeguard human rights and dignity.

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Prishtinë / Priština, 17 October 2025

As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance public safety, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over 200 fire extinguishers to collective housing buildings in Ulpiana and Sunny Hill neighbourhoods of Prishtinë/Priština municipality.

This initiative, implemented in co-operation with the Local Public Safety Committee (LPSC) Ulpiana and Sunny Hill neighbourhoods, aimed to improve fire safety and preparedness in the community, and is part of wider Mission efforts to support community safety initiatives by LPSCs.

These two neighbourhoods consist of many buildings with outdated and poorly maintained electrical installations and the lack of fire exit stairs, significantly increasing the risk of fire, thus making the donation essential for improving residents’ safety and preventing potential fire hazards.

In addition to the equipment donation, the initiative included training sessions delivered by local firefighters to teach the residents how to safely use fire extinguishers and assess when it is safe to intervene during a fire emergency.

“Our projects in support to LPSCs focus on addressing the priority needs of local communities, including vulnerable groups such as women, youth, the elderly, people with disabilities, and non-majority communities”, said Bertram Welsing, Director of the Department for Security and Public Safety in OSCE Mission in Kosovo. “Ultimately, they aim to help establish sustainable partnerships and ensure the effectiveness and credibility of LPSCs.”

LPSCs play a crucial role in enhancing collaboration between the police and communities by addressing local safety concerns and working to improve the overall quality of life across Kosovo.

For many years, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo has worked closely with the LPSCs to improve community safety, strengthen police-community partnerships, and tackle security issues at the local level.

Das Treffen findet vor dem Hintergrund sinkender Wahlergebnisse in der gesamten EU statt: Sozialdemokratische Parteien stellen derzeit nur in drei der 27 Mitgliedsstaaten die Regierung.

599766 Forum participants gathered for a group photo. Mailuu-Suu, 17 october 2025.

Mailuu-Suu, 16–17 October 2025 - The OSCE, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Mailuu-Suu Mayor’s Office, and with financial support from the European Union, organized the Forum “Development of Mailuu-Suu through Sustainable Tourism.”

The Forum emphasized the role of sustainable tourism as a catalyst for economic diversification and community development in Mailuu-Suu, a town historically known for its uranium legacy. By promoting eco-tourism and cultural heritage, the initiative aims to create new income opportunities, attract visitors, and support a positive transformation of the city’s image.

The event served as a platform for practical dialogue among mayors, local government officials, civil society representatives, and entrepreneurs from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Participants discussed the establishment of a cooperative network among Kyrgyz settlements located near uranium legacy sites to strengthen cross-border cooperation, share experiences, and mobilize investment. Concrete proposals included developing joint eco-routes, improving local infrastructure, and promoting the region as a sustainable tourism destination in southern Kyrgyzstan.

As part of the Forum, participants joined a “Top Secret” city tour showcasing Mailuu-Suu’s natural beauty, rich industrial history, and evolving tourism infrastructure. Local guides and businesses presented tourism opportunities, while participants also observed ongoing remediation work at former uranium sites, highlighting how environmental recovery and sustainable tourism can go hand in hand. Resolution of the Forum has been adopted by the participants which focuses on short and mid-term action plan to develop tourism sector in Mailuu-Suu in 2025-2030. 

The Forum was organized in cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic for Mountain Regions Development, the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in Jalal-Abad region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Tourism Department under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, and the Aarhus Centre in Osh.

The OSCE–UNDP project “Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation in Central Asia – Phase III” aims to reduce environmental and socio-economic risks associated with uranium legacy sites through inclusive dialogue, public participation, and sustainable development measures. This joint initiative builds on previous cooperation to enhance safety and resilience in vulnerable communities across Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

About the European UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European countries, founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and human rights. Globally, the EU promotes the sustainable development of societies, the environment, and economies, ensuring that progress benefits all.

This policy brief provides strategic recommendations for the G20 to advance reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and strengthen the rules-based global trading system. The WTO faces mounting challenges, including stalled negotiations, a weakened dispute settlement mechanism, and governance deficiencies. These issues have been exacerbated by shifting geopolitical tensions, declining multilateral engagement, and recent shifts in US trade policy. The multilateral trading system has been in decline due to unresolved issues regarding the full restoration of the WTO dispute settlement understanding (DSU) and the failure of its legislative function: the Doha Development Agenda has not progressed and has not been succeeded by a work programme in sync with geoeconomic realities. Unresolved issues are not intractable. Businesses in all nations want orderly conduct of trade. Challenges can be tackled by proposals that address outstanding DSU issues – appeal/review procedures and access of developing countries, an increased focus on negotiations on emerging concerns, and enhanced executive functions and leadership within the organisation. Building a broad-based coalition for reform is undoubtedly challenging given the diverse interests of WTO Members. The institution needs a series of informal yet open and inclusive processes benefitting from potential solutions suggested by previous multilateral initiatives, and new suggestions that enable building of trust of the membership, particularly developing countries and Least Developed Countries, and practical suggestions that move the trade bicycle forward. The G20 with its focus on solidarity, equality and sustainability can take the lead.

This policy brief provides strategic recommendations for the G20 to advance reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and strengthen the rules-based global trading system. The WTO faces mounting challenges, including stalled negotiations, a weakened dispute settlement mechanism, and governance deficiencies. These issues have been exacerbated by shifting geopolitical tensions, declining multilateral engagement, and recent shifts in US trade policy. The multilateral trading system has been in decline due to unresolved issues regarding the full restoration of the WTO dispute settlement understanding (DSU) and the failure of its legislative function: the Doha Development Agenda has not progressed and has not been succeeded by a work programme in sync with geoeconomic realities. Unresolved issues are not intractable. Businesses in all nations want orderly conduct of trade. Challenges can be tackled by proposals that address outstanding DSU issues – appeal/review procedures and access of developing countries, an increased focus on negotiations on emerging concerns, and enhanced executive functions and leadership within the organisation. Building a broad-based coalition for reform is undoubtedly challenging given the diverse interests of WTO Members. The institution needs a series of informal yet open and inclusive processes benefitting from potential solutions suggested by previous multilateral initiatives, and new suggestions that enable building of trust of the membership, particularly developing countries and Least Developed Countries, and practical suggestions that move the trade bicycle forward. The G20 with its focus on solidarity, equality and sustainability can take the lead.

This policy brief provides strategic recommendations for the G20 to advance reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and strengthen the rules-based global trading system. The WTO faces mounting challenges, including stalled negotiations, a weakened dispute settlement mechanism, and governance deficiencies. These issues have been exacerbated by shifting geopolitical tensions, declining multilateral engagement, and recent shifts in US trade policy. The multilateral trading system has been in decline due to unresolved issues regarding the full restoration of the WTO dispute settlement understanding (DSU) and the failure of its legislative function: the Doha Development Agenda has not progressed and has not been succeeded by a work programme in sync with geoeconomic realities. Unresolved issues are not intractable. Businesses in all nations want orderly conduct of trade. Challenges can be tackled by proposals that address outstanding DSU issues – appeal/review procedures and access of developing countries, an increased focus on negotiations on emerging concerns, and enhanced executive functions and leadership within the organisation. Building a broad-based coalition for reform is undoubtedly challenging given the diverse interests of WTO Members. The institution needs a series of informal yet open and inclusive processes benefitting from potential solutions suggested by previous multilateral initiatives, and new suggestions that enable building of trust of the membership, particularly developing countries and Least Developed Countries, and practical suggestions that move the trade bicycle forward. The G20 with its focus on solidarity, equality and sustainability can take the lead.

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On 20 October 2025 (19:00–20:30), DROI and JURI will jointly hold an extraordinary meeting on the protection of lawyers worldwide, with a focus on the recently adopted Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. Speakers include representatives of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, as well as a testimony by Ramla Dahmani on Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani.

The exchange will centre on the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, adopted on 12 March 2025 and open to all States. As the first international treaty dedicated to safeguarding the legal profession, it addresses admission to practice, professional rights and duties, freedom of expression, disciplinary guarantees and specific protective measures for lawyers and their associations.

Against reports of harassment, threats and interference with defence work, including obstacles to client access, the discussion will explore how the Convention can strengthen rule-of-law safeguards and support implementation. The meeting forms part of the European Week of Justice (around 25 October) and will include a testimony by Ramla Dahmani, sister of Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani, detained since July 2024.
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Auditionné pendant plus de cinq heures au Parlement, le procureur anticorruption Altin Dumani met en garde contre les attaques visant le Bureau du procureur spécial (SPAK). Il appelle à protéger l'indépendance de la justice face aux ingérences politiques et aux menaces criminelles, alors qu'une enquête sensible s'ouvre sur le projet de l'aéroport de Vlora.

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Les critiques n'hésitent pas à qualifier le déplacement d'Ursula von der Leyen dans les Balkans occidentaux de « mantra rituel ». On pourrait parler de « cyclicité » : chaque automne, généralement en octobre ou novembre, la Commission européenne effectue cette tournée avant le sommet UE–Balkans occidentaux ou le Conseil européen, où les questions d'élargissement sont discutées.

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine, Macédoine du Nord, Monténégro, Elargissement UE, Blogs - Diaporama, Serbie

Les critiques n'hésitent pas à qualifier le déplacement d'Ursula von der Leyen dans les Balkans occidentaux de « mantra rituel ». On pourrait parler de « cyclicité » : chaque automne, généralement en octobre ou novembre, la Commission européenne effectue cette tournée avant le sommet UE–Balkans occidentaux ou le Conseil européen, où les questions d'élargissement sont discutées.

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine, Macédoine du Nord, Monténégro, Elargissement UE, Blogs - Diaporama, Serbie

Les critiques n'hésitent pas à qualifier le déplacement d'Ursula von der Leyen dans les Balkans occidentaux de « mantra rituel ». On pourrait parler de « cyclicité » : chaque automne, généralement en octobre ou novembre, la Commission européenne effectue cette tournée avant le sommet UE–Balkans occidentaux ou le Conseil européen, où les questions d'élargissement sont discutées.

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine, Macédoine du Nord, Monténégro, Elargissement UE, Blogs - Diaporama, Serbie

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The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported the Third International Youth Forum of the Syrdarya River Basin on 11 October 2025, which brought together over 248 young participants (143 women and 105 men) from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The forum aimed to enhance environmental literacy through practical exercises, discussions and workshops, while fostering youth leadership in sustainable water management, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Participants also promoted the values of the Khujand Declaration and explored ways to expand the Green Patrols movement to other river basins in Tajikistan.

The event highlighted the importance of engaging youth as future specialists and active contributors to effective water resource management, in line with the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe’s commitment to supporting Tajikistan in addressing environmental challenges and promoting youth empowerment.

A female merchant was crossing a bustling street in Hanoi, Vietnam. Despite economic development over five decades, development gaps in Asia and the Pacific remained. Credit: Unsplash/Jeremy Stewardson

By Sudip Ranjan Basu
BANGKOK Thailand, Oct 17 2025 (IPS)

The Asia-Pacific region has long served as a springboard for transforming socio-economic implementation gaps into development opportunities. With the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, policymakers are stepping up efforts to translate policy announcements into tangible impacts.

Looking back since 1970s, the region’s development trajectory has been shaped by a series of crises that triggered transformative policy responses. By engaging strategic partnerships, countries in the region are well-positioned to promote shared prosperity for both people and the planet.

Anchoring crisis-driven policy shifts
In the 1970s, technological advances—particularly in agriculture—ushered in a new era. The introduction of high-yield crop varieties, known as the Green Revolution, boosted food production and rural incomes, laying the foundation for the emergence of a middle class. However, the decade also exposed vulnerabilities, as volatility in global commodity and energy prices exposed the risks of external shocks.

The 1980s brought further challenges. Rising oil prices and global interest rates strained national budgets across developing countries. The cost of servicing external debt crowded out investments in productive sectors, highlighting the risks of over-reliance on foreign aid.

The 1997 Asian financial crisis marked a watershed moment. Currency collapses, triggered capital flight and trade disruptions, leaving deep scars and prompting shifts in political governance and economic policy across the region.

By the early 2000s, optimism returned. Trade and investment surged, regional value chains expanded, and ICT-driven growth integrated economies more deeply into the global economy. Globalization was widely seen as a pathway to long-term prosperity.

Yet the 2008 global financial crisis shattered this euphoria. Inflation soared, investor confidence plummeted, and trade contracted.

Fast forward to the COVID-19 pandemic, which once again exposed lingering vulnerabilities: socio-economic inequality was deepened, jobs prospects dimmed, overdependence on supply chain became more pronounced, technological monopolies were revealed, and environmental fragility was clearly manifested. The pandemic reinforced the urgent need for adaptive policy frameworks.

These crisis episodes underscored the importance of coordinated policy action in an interconnected landscape, reinforcing the lesson that growth without adequate and shared outcomes is unsustainable.

Adjusting to changing socio-economic realities
The development journey has been marked by complexity and diversity. A comparative analysis over recent decades reveals recurring patterns: energy and food price volatility and tightening financial conditions have consistently tested policymakers. Rising interest rates in advanced economies have reignited debt concerns in developing countries, threatening economic stability and undermining progress.

Simultaneously, intensifying geopolitical competition is reshaping trade relationships, investment flows and technology transfers. Policymakers must navigate these shifts while advancing national development priorities and adapting to evolving dynamics.

These pressures have prompted to diversify its sources of economic growth and strategic engagements. Despite impressive achievements in social development, long-term stability and impact-driven outcomes hinge on governments’ ability to manage external shocks, anticipate risks, and promote cross-border economic cooperation and accelerate climate action.

Recent policy shifts signal a move toward structural transformation. Governments are spearheading industrialization, accelerating green energy transitions and pioneering sustainable financing mechanisms. This marks a shift from short-term crisis management to building medium- and long-term socio-economic progress.

The pandemic years further emphasised the need for adaptive policies—ones that can absorb unexpected shocks while maintaining progress toward stability.

Adapting through policy lessons
The development experience, particularly the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, offers valuable insights into building institutional capabilities and preventing future crises. Four strategic policy insights emerge:

Price stability matters: Volatile prices have repeatedly undermined development gains. Strategic foresight and balanced economic policy planning are essential to safeguard progress.
Fiscal buoyancy is critical: Excessive external borrowing has triggered past crises.

Creating fiscal space, mobilizing domestic resources, scaling blended finance and implementing coordinated debt management frameworks are vital for development.

Crisis preparedness requires coordination: The 1997 and 2008 crises showed that no country can respond effectively in isolation. Strengthening institutions is crucial for early warning systems, policy dialogue and coordinated action.

Sustainability is key to people-centred development: Climate change, socio-economic disparities and institutional inefficiencies pose long-term risks. Integrating sustainability into strategies and promoting technological transformation are no longer optional; they are imperative.

Turning points
The Asia-Pacific region’s development story is one of transition, and transformation. Connecting these turning points reveals a region that has consistently learned from its challenges and leveraged them to advance policy solutions.

The path ahead is promising, but policies must adapt to address shifting socio-economic dynamics, structural and climate change vulnerabilities, and emerging geopolitical realignments. These efforts must be anchored in regional cooperation, inclusive dialogue, and coordinated action, particularly through platforms such as ESCAP.

While governments play a central role, long-term progress will depend on the collective engagement of the private sector, academia, civil society and regional institutions. With strategic convergence, the Asia-Pacific region is well-positioned to overcome today’s uncertainty and shape a better future for all.

Sudip Ranjan Basu is Secretary of the Commission, ESCAP

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By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 2025 (IPS)

The US hostility towards the UN is threatening to escalate, as a cash-starved world body is struggling for economic survival.

Addressing the UN’s Administrative and Budgetary Committee last week. Ambassador Jeff Bartos, U.S. Representative for U.N. Management and Reform said: “President Trump is absolutely right – the United Nations can be an important institution for solving international challenges, but it has strayed far from its original purpose”.

“Over 80 years, the UN has grown bloated, unfocused, too often ineffective, and sometimes even part of the problem. The UN’s failure to deliver on its core mandates is alarming and undeniable. “

The United States has been, by far, the largest funder of the UN since its founding. Based on the most recent scales of assessment, the United States provides more funding to the UN than 180 other nations combined, he pointed out.

“For the United States, the era of business as usual is over. During the Main Session, we will work with this Committee to achieve deeper cuts to wasteful spending and stronger accountability, with a relentless focus on results”.

The reductions already proposed in special political missions, the closure of unnecessary field offices, and the consolidation of executive offices, are the kind of decisions that must become the rule, not the exception.

Addressing the General Assembly last month, President Trump remarked: “What is the purpose of the United Nations? It’s not even coming close to living up to [its] potential.”

Dismissing the U.N. as an outdated, ineffective organization, he boasted: “I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal.”

But UN’s political ineffectiveness is due primarily to the role played by the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council—the US, UK, France, China and Russia–who are quick to protect their allies accused of human rights violations, war crimes or genocide.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has officially withdrawn or is in the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and has ceased funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Which triggers the question: what’s the fate and economic survival of the UN against an aggressive Trump administration?

Dr Alon Ben-Meir, a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU), told IPS there is no other way to describe how the Trump administration is treating the UN other than self-defeating and detrimental to the US’s national interests, while substantially eroding America’s influence worldwide.

“It is hard to fathom how on earth Trump, who wants to ‘Make America Great Again,’ demonstrates such blatant hostility towards the only global organization in which the United States has, over the years, played such a pivotal and leading role that surpassed any other country since the UN’s creation in 1945.”

The statement by US Ambassador Bartos, he argued, is at best inaccurate and at worst totally wrong. It has never been a secret that the UN is overdue for significant reforms, beginning with the United Nations Security Council and many other UN agencies.

Dismissing the UN’s vital work on many fronts in one brush, however, and cutting humanitarian assistance on which millions in poor countries depend, or withdrawing from vital UN agencies, is unconscionable and highly damaging to the US’ leadership and national interests, he said.

“By what logic does the Trump administration justify its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), whose primary function is coordinating global health responses to crises such as pandemics, and setting international health standards?”

“One would think that the Trump administration would strongly support such an organization that serves US interests from a global health perspective and would only bolster the US influence by playing a significant role in improving its functions”.

How can the Trump administration explain its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which promotes and protects human rights worldwide through international cooperation?

By withdrawing from this organization, Trump forsakes any role that the US could play in preventing human rights abuses, which leads to fewer global checks on human rights abuses and weaker international standards.

Trump may care less about human rights violations, but how does withdrawing from such an organization serve the US’ overall national and global interests? he asked.

James E. Jennings, PhD, President, Conscience International, told IPS support for the United Nations organization is vital to global health and stability.,

“Those who have worked on the front lines of UN agencies’ responses to wars, natural disasters, and famines throughout the world cannot imagine the degree of inhumanity involved in taking food out of the mouths of babies, refusing to educate children, and letting disease and epidemics rage. This is not politics, it is bullying, and the world should see it for what it is”.

He said there is a pattern in Mr. Trump’s behavior that is easily exposed, Every one of his perceived enemies, as for example in the majority Democratic states of California and Illinois, he describes in the most terrible terms as crime-ridden and out of control.

“Within three days after he sends in ICE storm troopers to places like Washington DC who do nothing except display their muscle, suddenly that city or state is peaceable and under control.“

Trump brags that things are fine now in Portland, Chicago, and other such places, when no real change can be detected except that some normal citizens have been roughed up. Theatrics may win voters but does not in any way solve problems, said Dr Jennings.

The same technique can be observed on the international scene. After deprecating and sidelining UN peacemaking efforts, which go deeply into the issues, he makes phone calls to leaders of countries on the verge of hostilities and claims that he has ended seven wars, which is nonsense.

“By sidelining the UN, he simply wants to dominate it. With the US the biggest donor supporting the organization, there is a fair chance that he can succeed in bending it to his will unless national leaders, US citizens, and people everywhere are resolute in opposing his plans”, declared Dr Jennings.

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