Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 13 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed a relatively tense general situation in Donetsk region. It also...
OSCE PA President condemns ‘inhuman’ Paris attacks
COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 13 November terror attacks in Paris: “The attacks that struck Paris last night were not just vile and heinous. They were inhuman. Their epicenter was the French capital, but they were an assault on the...
OSCE/ODIHR’s expert panel meeting discusses safeguarding rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other persons in need during the migration crisis
199691 Thomas Rymer, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 12 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM heard explosions and small-arms fire in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. “DPR”...
OSCE/ODIHR election observers to present findings at press conference in Kyiv on Monday
KYIV, 13 November 2015 – Tana de Zulueta, head of the election observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will present the mission’s preliminary statement of findings and conclusions on the 15 November second round of mayoral elections in Ukraine at a press conference in Kyiv on...
OSCE PA President meets Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin at conclusion of country visit
KYIV, 13 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kyiv at the conclusion of his three-day visit to the country. The sides discussed a range of policy- and security-related issues, including the current and potential roles of the OSCE in monitoring...
In Donetsk, OSCE PA President highlights humanitarian tragedy of Ukraine conflict
DONETSK OBLAST, Ukraine, 12 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today visited a range of sites in government-controlled Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, including near the line of contact with separatist-held areas, to survey the security situation and highlight the humanitarian tragedy resulting from the...
OSCE/ODIHR supports young policy advisors efforts to improve their policy-making skills at a training event in Budapest
199656 Thomas Rymer, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights …read more Source:...
OSCE PA’s Santos welcomes release of Azerbaijan’s Arif Yunus on humanitarian grounds, calls for further steps
COPENHAGEN, 12 November 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today welcomed the release of imprisoned Azerbaijani rights activist Arif Yunus, ordered by the Baku Court of Appeals due to his deteriorating health. In August 2015...
Special Representative promotes OSCE’s victim-centred approach to combating human trafficking with Vatican, Italian officials
ROME, 12 November 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, promoted the OSCE’s victim-centred and human-rights based approach to combating human trafficking in crisis situations during her visit to Rome on 11-12 November 2015. “The ongoing humanitarian crises in...
