Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 16 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas in and around the Donetsk airport...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 March 2015 – Today in Geneva, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) held their regular bilateral consultations with all participants. These consultations showed divergent views on the prevailing situation, including on the planned signing of an agreement between Moscow and Tskhinvali coinciding...
Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, to visit Mariupol
Kyiv, 17 March 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, will visit Mariupol tomorrow. He will meet the SMM team working in Mariupol and with the Mayor of the city, Yuriy Khotlubei. The Chief Monitor will hold a news conference near the end of his first day in Mariupol. Media...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 15 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – directly observed fighting in and around the Donetsk airport and in the areas...
Spot Report by the OSCE Observer Mission: A nineteenth Russian convoy of 43 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 15 March 2015 at 08:11hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 43 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 18:55hrs on 15 March. DETAIL Leaving the Russian Federation On 15 March 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 13 March 2015
This report is for the media and public The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne,...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission:eighteenth Russian convoy of 24 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 13 March 2015 at 15:14hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 24 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. The Observer Mission (OM) was not aware of this convoy coming as it was not announced in advance. All the vehicles had crossed back into the...
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine welcomes extension to the Special Monitoring Mission’s mandate
Kyiv, 13 March 2015 – Head of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan thanked all 57 OSCE participating States for their continued support for the Mission, following their consensus decision of 12 March 2015 to extend the Mission’s mandate to 31 March 2016. “The Mission is now able to continue to play its...
Russia’s withdrawal from CFE Treaty work a ‘dangerous move,’ says OSCE PA security chair
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, today expressed concern regarding the Russian Federation’s complete suspension of work under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). “I am deeply disappointed in...
OSCE Representative condemns repressive actions against journalists in Crimea, Ukraine; calls for immediate release of journalist
VIENNA, 13 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović condemned the intimidation of independent journalists in Crimea following the detention today of Natalya Kokorina, a journalist and editor with the news portal Crimean Centre for Investigative Journalism. “This detention is a reminder of the ongoing practice of...
