Section: OSCE (EU)
Far-reaching action needed in world ‘spiralling out of control,’ OSCE PA President tells foreign ministers
BELGRADE, 3 December 2015 – Far-reaching action by the international community is needed to deal with a world that “sometimes seems to be spiralling out of control,” OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today in an address to foreign ministers assembled in Belgrade at the 2015 OSCE Ministerial Council. Read the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 1 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded some small-arms fire and explosions in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including in the area around Donetsk airport*. Its freedom of movement was restricted twice in areas not controlled by the Government, resulting, in one instance, in the inability to reach the Ukraine-Russian...
OSCE Ministerial Council to start in Belgrade tomorrow
BELGRADE, 2 December 2015 – The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council, gathering some 40 Foreign Affairs Ministers and a number of high-level diplomats from across the OSCE region, will take place on 3 and 4 December 2015, at the Kombank Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia at the invitation of the 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine launches Youth Contact Groups in Lviv, Kharkiv and Kramatorsk
KYIV, 1 December 2015 –The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine is pleased to announce the expansion of its Youth Contact Group (YCG) dialogue initiative to Lviv, Kharkiv and Kramatorsk over the next few months as part of its mandate to facilitate dialogue in order to reduce tensions and promote normalization of the situation....
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 1 December 2015
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. A forty-fifth Russian Convoy crossed at the Donetsk BCP. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 20 permanent...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to visit eastern Ukraine
KYIV, 1 December 2015 – The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor (PDCM) of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug will travel to eastern Ukraine from 6 to 10 December 2015 to assess the security situation, solicit support for opening of new Forward Patrol Bases and encourage all concerned to work towards peace and...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 30 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM noted a calm situation around Donetsk airport with the exception of one firing incident observed on the outskirts of the airport. The SMM registered several explosions, heavy-machine-gun and small-arms fire in limited locations. The SMM continued to note partial non-compliance in relation...
OSCE autumn school on criminal law aims at enhancing legal education in Ukraine and promoting co-operation in research
Andrii Dziubenko The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University organized an autumn school in Kharkiv from 23 to 25 November 2015, bringing together law professors from different universities across Ukraine to learn about the current trends in criminal law and teaching methodologies. Prominent Ukrainian...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 29 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM noted a calm situation around Donetsk airport except one incident where the SMM observed shell damaged houses in a north-western suburb of Donetsk city, close to the airport. The SMM registered several explosions, heavy-machine-gun and small-arms fire in a number of other locations in both...
Forward Patrol Bases enhance monitoring along the Contact Line, says OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine Apakan
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