Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 12 February 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk the SMM visited areas impacted by recent shelling. At the JCCC headquarters (HQ)...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link says Office is ready to observe local elections in eastern Ukraine
WARSAW, 12 February 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today that his Office is ready to observe local elections that could be held as part of the ceasefire agreement on eastern Ukraine reached in Minsk. “ODIHR is ready to deploy observers to the east of Ukraine once...
OSCE/ODIHR event emphasizes civil society’s vital role in countering hate crime
140296 Hate crime awareness and recognition were the focus of a training event for Polish civil society activists organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 11 and 12 February 2015. Thirty-two participants from across Poland gathered to learn more about the differences between hate crime and...
OSCE PA President meets Russian State Duma Chair Naryshkin in Moscow
COPENHAGEN, 12 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Russian State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin in Moscow for talks that focused on Russia’s role in international efforts to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine. The meeting provided an opportunity for an initial exchange of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 11 February 2015
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM continued observing widespread and recurrent shelling in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In Dnepropetrovsk the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier started an...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office gives full backing to Minsk package
BELGRADE, 12 February 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, welcomed the results of the Summit in Minsk and gave his full support to the package of measures for the implementation of the September 2014 Minsk agreements agreed by the Trilateral Contact Group. “I encourage all sides to seize the...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 11 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 cross-border traffic flows slightly increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the...
Public forum in Kyiv on Friday to mark 15 years of OSCE project assistance to Ukraine
KYIV, 11 February 2015 – To mark 15 years since the Ukrainian Parliament’s ratification of a memorandum of understanding between the Government and the OSCE on creating a new form of co-operation between them, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine is organizing a public discussion on the priorities of its further project assistance...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 10 February 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Fighting surged ahead of diplomatic talks in Minsk. Multiple rockets struck Kramatorsk (95km north of Donetsk) with 7 killed...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
KYIV, 11 February 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing tomorrow in Kyiv. Alexander Hug, the Deputy Chief Monitor 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...
