Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine welcomes extension of Special Monitoring Mission’s mandate
KYIV, 18 February 2016 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, expressed his gratitude to all 57 OSCE participating States for their support for the Mission, following a consensus decision today to extend the SMM’s mandate to 31 March 2017. “The SMM will continue implementing its mandate...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 17 February 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed a number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The monitors observed damage to homes caused by recent shelling. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. The SMM observed long lines of civilians and vehicles waiting at checkpoints close to the...
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: A forty-eighth Russian convoy of 39 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
This report is for the media and general public. SUMMARY On 18 February 2016 at 07:00hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy[1] arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 39 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All of 39 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:50hrs on 18...
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls on Belarus to introduce moratorium on death penalty
WARSAW, 18 February 2016 – Today, following the sentencing to death in Minsk of both Sergei Khmelevsky this week and Henadz Yakaritski on 5 January 2016, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on Belarus to introduce an immediate moratorium on the death penalty and its complete...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine’s mandate extended by one year to 31 March 2017
BERLIN / VIENNA, 18 February 2016 – The mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) was extended today by the OSCE Permanent Council to 31 March 2017, a move welcomed by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Secretary General Lamberto Zannier. “We have thereby ensured that...
Military logic in eastern Ukraine should be replaced by civilian one, says OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor
Iuliia Poberezhna Iryna Gudyma Daily updates from …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 16 February 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed a significant increase in ceasefire violations from previous days, both in Donetsk and Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons, facilitated and monitored demining and repair works and continued to monitor the humanitarian situation on both sides of...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 16 February 2016
SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCP). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. OPERATIONAL REMARKS The OM is currently operating with 21 permanent international staff members (incl. the Chief Observer). The mission is fulfilling...
In first visit to region, Special Representative reaffirms commitment of German OSCE Chairmanship to the Transdniestrian settlement process
CHISINAU, 17 February 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, today concluded his first visit to the region in his new capacity, which included meetings with the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol. Ambassador Meier-Klodt took up his...
OSCE works to develop co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering illicit trafficking in New Psychoactive Substances
MINSK, 17 February 2016 – More than 40 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and experts from eight international organizations concluded a two-day discussion in Minsk today on greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the...
