Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE/ODIHR observers to hold opening press conference in Tashkent on Monday
TASHKENT, 20 February 2015 – On the occasion of the formal opening of the limited election observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the 29 March presidential election in Uzbekistan, the mission will hold a press conference in Tashkent on Monday, 23 February. Ms. Tana de...
Parliamentarians debate Ukraine crisis, ceasefire efforts, as top OSCE officials address Assembly
VIENNA, 20 February 2015 – Nearly 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States held an impassioned and at-times heated debate today on the crisis in Ukraine, the Organization’s responses and the status of the Minsk package of measures aimed at a resolution. Top OSCE officials working on the crisis, including Ambassadors...
OSCE Secretary General addresses White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
Communication and Media Relations Section The OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, which embraces human rights and democracy, economics and environment as well as politico-military security, offers a powerful antidote to violent extremism, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told high-level officials from around the world at the...
Ukraine faces critical moment, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
VIENNA, 19 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today met his Special Representative in Ukraine Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and OSCE Chief Observer at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk Paul Picard, who informed the Chair...
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Ceasefire monitoring, based on information received as of 18:00 hrs, 19 February 2015
This report is provided for the media and general public The SMM continued monitoring the ceasefire, which entered into force at 00:00hrs on 15 February. In the Luhansk region, the SMM observed a limited number of ceasefire violations. In Donetsk city the SMM heard intense outgoing shelling throughout the reporting period. LUHANSK REGION ...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 February
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued monitoring 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 – noted that fighting continued in and around Debaltseve, and, to a...
Weekly update from OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 18 February 2015
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. Overall, compared with last week, cross-border traffic flows slightly decreased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Parliamentary Assembly President open PA Winter Meeting
VIENNA, 19 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic joined OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) for the opening plenary of the PA’s Winter Meeting today, with both stressing that the internationally brokered plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine must not be...
At OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting, ODIHR Director stresses importance of joint observation efforts for local elections in Ukraine’s east
VIENNA, 19 February 2015 –Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in an address today to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) annual Winter Meeting, stressed the importance of an effective, co-operative effort in observing local elections agreed for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv today
Michael Bociurkiw, the Spokesperson of the SMM, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing today, 19 February, at 13:00 (Kyiv time), at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre (4 Instytuts’ka Street, Hotel “Ukrayina», 3rd...
