Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor in Ukraine to visit Stanytsia Luhanska tomorrow
KYIV, 15 January 2016 – Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will tomorrow visit Stanytsia Luhanska with OSCE monitors to assess the general security situation and open a new SMM Forward Patrol Base in the village. Journalists are invited to attend Hug’s briefings at the...
Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold press-briefing in Donetsk today
DONETSK, 15 January 2016 – Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will hold a press-briefing on the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation in the Donetsk region and throughout Ukraine on 15 January. Journalists are invited to attend the press briefing...
OSCE to serve as a platform for real and honest dialogue on today’s security challenges, says Steinmeier, as Germany formally assumes 2016 OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 14 January 2016 – Germany, as this year’s Chair of the OSCE, aims to steer the Organization as a platform for real and honest dialogue, said Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in his first address as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the Permanent Council in Vienna today. Presenting the programme of Germany’s...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 13 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed a number of ceasefire violations in the Donbas, including at and around Donetsk airport, and close to Horlivka. The Mission received from the Ukrainian authorities additional baseline information related to the withdrawal of heavy weapons, including withdrawal locations. The SMM...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opens two Forward Patrol Bases in Krasnoarmiisk and Svitlodarsk
KYIV, 14 January 2016 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine today opens two new Forward Patrol Bases in the Donetsk region – in Krasnoarmiisk and Svitlodarsk, enabling monitors to be based and accommodated closer to the contact line in these areas. “The new SMM Forward Patrol Bases will enhance our monitoring by enabling us...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 12 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed a calm situation in most parts of Donbas, including at and around Donetsk airport, but recorded numerous ceasefire violations close to Horlivka. The Mission found a number of previously-observed weapons missing from a Ukrainian Armed Forces heavy weapons holding area. It...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 12 January 2016
Please note that this report is for media and the general public. 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. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 20 permanent...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 5 January 2016
Please note that this report is for media and the general public. 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 decreased at both BCPs. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 20 permanent...
OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to open new Forward Patrol Bases tomorrow in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, 13 January 2016 – The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will tomorrow visit Krasnoarmiisk and Svitlodarsk with OSCE monitors to open the Mission’s new Forward Patrol Bases. The Forward Patrol Bases differ from SMM offices or hubs as they are located closer to the...
Regional organizations must step up their efforts to co-operate more effectively to maintain peace and security, says OSCE Secretary General at Vienna UN Conference
215641 Communication and Media Relations Section In the face of growing transnational and global threats, regional organizations must step up their efforts to co-operate more effectively to maintain peace and security, said OSCE Secretary …read more Source:...
