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Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 11 September 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”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded 44 explosions in Donetsk region and over 38 explosions in Luhansk region. The SMM revised...
Time has come for a sustained cease-fire and meaningful progress in implementation of Minsk Agreements, says OSCE Secretary General on to Ukraine
Kyiv, 12 September 2015 – Completing a three-day visit to south-eastern Ukraine, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier expressed hope that the current cease-fire, which has been largely respected for almost two weeks, will prove durable and provide the necessary impetus to negotiations on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. “The people...
OSCE-supported money laundering and terrorist financing national risk assessments completed in Skopje
SKOPJE, 11 September 2015 – The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) authorities presented today a completed money laundering and terrorist financing national risk assessment (NRA) at a workshop organized by the OSCE and the World Bank in Skopje. Representatives from the private sector, financial oversight authorities and...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić condemns recent attacks in Turkey
BELGRADE, 11 September 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, sharply condemned the recent spate of terrorist attacks which caused dozens of casualties among Turkish security personnel, and extended his condolences to the families of the victims. “We hope tensions will de-escalate soon,” said Dačić....
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 10 September 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”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded ceasefire violations at or around Donetsk airport and none in the Luhansk region. In Uman,...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 9 September 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”. Its monitoring was restricted by security considerations*. The SMM recorded a decrease in ceasefire violation numbers both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared to the previous...
Improved exchange of information on victims of human trafficking needed, concludes OSCE-supported working group in Ukraine
181376 Andrii Dziubenko To improve the efficiency of procedure for granting the status of a victim of trafficking in human beings it is necessary to enhance information exchange between social services and law enforcers, …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 8 September 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”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded 231 explosions in Donetsk region and 16 explosions in Luhansk region. The SMM observed...
Full implementation of arms control agreements vital for confidence- and security-building measures, says Norway’s State Secretary of Foreign Affairs at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting
VIENNA, 9 September 2015 – Norway’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which will cover the third trimester of 2015, indicated that strengthening conventional arms control and confidence-building measures as a way of contributing to de-escalation of the crisis in and around Ukraine, as well as gender equality in...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for local elections in Ukraine
KYIV, 9 September 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 25 October local elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Ukrainian authorities. The mission is led by Tana de Zulueta and consists of a...
