Section: OSCE (EU)
Munich Security Conference: OSCE receives Ewald von Kleist Award, honoured for contribution to peace, stability, security in Europe
MUNICH, Germany, 7 February 2015 – The OSCE’s crucial role as a bridge-builder and an agent of peace was recognized today, said Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika and the OSCE Secretary General as they accepted the Ewald von Kleist Award, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. For the first time in the award’s history, it...
Munich Security Conference: OSCE Troika calls for immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
MUNICH, Germany, 7 February 2015 – During the Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE Troika at the margins of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika, Serbia, Switzerland and Germany, had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The OSCE Secretary General also attended the meeting. They...
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
MUNICH, Germany, 7 February 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) today to discuss developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace...
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Shelling in the Kirovskyi district of Donetsk city on 4 February 2015
This report is for the media and general public. On 5 February, the SMM followed up on the shelling which reportedly struck the Kirovskyi district in Donetsk city on 4 February from 11:40 to 11:45hrs. The same shelling salvo reportedly hit the direct surrounding of the Kindergarten No. 381, a neighbouring street near the Kindergarten and Donetsk...
OSCE SPECIAL MONITORING MISSION TO UKRAINE TODAY MONITORS EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS FROM DEBALTSEVE
KYIV/DEBALTSEVE, 6 FEBRUAR 2015 – Monitors from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) today completed a full day of monitoring of the evacuation of civilians from the heavily-shelled city of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. SMM patrols were dispatched early this morning to Debaltseve after all sides agreed to an eight-hour temporary...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 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. In the aftermath of shelling, the SMM observed the impacts of shelling in Donetsk city and region. Military movements were also noted by the SMM around Donetsk. Plans to evacuate civilians from...
Women need a role in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts in Ukraine, says OSCE’s Senior Gender Adviser
KYIV, 5 February 2015 – Enhancing the participation of women in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts is key to achieving security and stability in Ukraine, said the OSCE’s Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, as she concluded a four-day visit to Ukraine in which she met representatives of government,...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 February 2014
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). The SMM was informed by the regional police in Dnepropetrovsk of two explosions which had occurred in the city on 3 and 4...
Ukraine in focus, as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and SMM Chief Monitor headline PA Winter Meeting
COPENHAGEN, 5 February 2015 – The escalating crisis in and around Ukraine and the OSCE’s continuing efforts to help resolve it will be the focus of parliamentary debate and keynote presentations at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting, held on 18-20 February at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna. OSCE...
Head of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine on creation of humanitarian corridor in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, 4 February 2015 – Indiscriminate shelling around Debaltseve and other areas in eastern Ukraine has intensified, forcing innocent civilians to flee their homes. Many of them are in mortal danger. The Head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, echoing yesterday’s call by the OSCE...
