Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine to address Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on Wednesday
VIENNA, 3 November 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, will address a special meeting of the Permanent Council on Wednesday 4 November 2015, at the Hofburg, Vienna. Ambassador Apakan will report on the current situation on the ground and activities carried out by the Mission....
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 1 November 2015
This Report is for the 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 recorded a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations at and...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 November 2015
SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. A forty-second Russian Convoy crossed at the Donetsk BCP. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 19 permanent...
OSCE-supported conference on national strategy for civil society development to take place in Kyiv on Friday
KYIV, 3 November 2015 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine is supporting a conference in Kyiv on Friday, which will discuss ways to enhance civil society’s role in the reform process, and to present recommendations on updating the national strategy for supporting the development of civil society, as well as the strategy’s...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 2 November 2015
This Report is for the 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 an intense exchange of fire around Donetsk airport. The situation...
OSCE/ODIHR organizes third meeting in Ukraine on the role of dialogue in the security of religious and belief communities
196951 The role of dialogue in enhancing the security of religious and belief communities was the focus of a regional roundtable discussion, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Odessa, Ukraine on 3 November 2015. More than 40 representatives of religious or belief communities, civil society...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine alerts public of dangers of trafficking in human beings
Andrii Dziubenko From 1 November 2015 city lights and billboards at bus and railway stations in 24 major cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, are featuring posters warning the public about the traps used by human traffickers to lure their victims. The posters are part of a national anti-trafficking awareness-raising campaign...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 30 October 2015
This Report is for the 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 recorded much fewer explosions in Donetsk region as compared with previous...
Establishing dialogue across the country: Kyiv Youth Contact group starts developing projects to foster dialogue in Ukraine
196011 Michael Bociurkiw Iryna Gudyma …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 29 October 2015
This report is for the 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*. Compared to the previous day, there was an increase in the number of explosions...
