Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs (Kyiv time), 9 March 2015
Please note that this report is provided for the public and the media 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* – assessed the situation to be calm in the Luhansk region,...
Ceasefire and co-operation are conducive to reaching concrete results in Ukraine, OSCE Chair says
BELGRADE, 10 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today welcomed the beginning of efforts to remove and destroy unexploded ordinance in southeast Ukraine as a good example of co-operation by all sides yielding tangible results and producing visible improvements in the lives of the local...
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to address Special Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Wednesday
VIENNA, 10 March 2015 –Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian will address a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Wednesday 11 March 2015, at the Hofburg, Vienna.The address to the Permanent Council by Minister Nalbandian will be open to media. Journalists are invited to the Neuer Saal of the Hofburg Congress Centre at...
EU to donate armoured vehicles to OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 10 March 2015 –The handover ceremony of 20 armoured vehicles donated to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine by various missions of the European Union, will take place today, on 10 March 2015, in Kyiv. Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the SMM to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski, Head of the EU Delegation to...
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
VIENNA, 10 March 2015 –Belgium Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders will address the OSCE Permanent Council, on 12 March 2015, at the Hofburg, Vienna. In his capacity of Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Minister Reynders, will present the priorities of the Belgian Chairmanship, in...
OSCE helps develop anti-money laundering certification program for Kazakhstan’s financial sector
Colin McCullough, OSCE Programme Office in Astana The first meeting of the OSCE-supported Working Group on developing an Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) certification programme for the financial sector was held on 10 March 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The group consists of representatives of the Financial...
Mongolia hosts OSCE conference on the role of armed and security forces in democratic societies
ULAANBAATAR, 10 March 2015 – A three-day conference, organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, on the role of armed and security forces in democratic societies got underway today in the Mongolian capital, bringing together representatives from Central Asia and the OSCE’s Asian Partners for Co-operation. Participating in the...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs, 8 March 2015
Please note that this report is provided for the public and the media 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* – assessed the situation in the Luhansk region to be calm,...
Spot report by Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, 9 March 2015: Local cease-fire holding in Kominternove enables de-mining exercise
This report is for the media and general public. On 9 March 2015, the SMM facilitated the demining of the village of Kominternove (88km south-east of Donetsk) by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Kominternove is located in between territory controlled by the government and areas controlled by “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) and as a result...
Women’s voices invaluable to preventing and resolving conflict, says OSCE Chairperson Dačić on International Women’s Day
BELGRADE, 8 March 2015 – Women, who make up half of the population, should be actively involved in any changes and solutions that shape and affect their society, including conflict prevention and resolution, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today on the ocassion of International Women’s Day. “Our...
