Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports creation of a pool of trainers on anti-corruption for Ukraine’s judges
Thirty experts were trained to deliver specialized training courses for judges on how to review corruption–related disputes and prevent corruption in the judiciary during a two-day session, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the National School of Judges on 5-6 July 2016 outside Kyiv. The trainees, judges-lecturers of five...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 4 July 2016
This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations compared to those recorded during the day on 3 July. Most of the fighting was recorded in the areas around Yasynuvata, Horlivka and Shyrokyne. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations during the reporting period. The...
OSCE Chairmanship Conference ‘The OSCE as mediator’ to explore instruments, challenges and potentials in mediation processes
BERLIN, 5 July 2016 – Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship will in Berlin tomorrow host the conference entitled ‘The OSCE as mediator – Instruments, Challenges, Potentials’. The conference aims at discussing various approaches to mediation, also through specific examples from the OSCE area. Its aim is also to develop proposals...
Christine Muttonen of Austria elected OSCE PA President, Vice-Presidents and Committee Officers also elected
TBILISI, 5 July 2016 – At the close of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session in Tbilisi today, members of the Assembly elected Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen as President. Muttonen has previously served as OSCE PA Vice-President and Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia, and is Deputy Head of the...
OSCE parliamentarians in Tbilisi adopt wide-ranging Declaration on human rights, security and the environment
TBILISI, 5 July 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the 2016 Tbilisi Declaration today, addressing key issues in the fields of political affairs and security, economics, the environment, human rights, and humanitarian concerns. (Full text available here in English, French and Russian.) The Declaration, resulting from months of work by...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 3 July 2016
This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations on 2 July compared to the previous day, followed by a decrease in recorded ceasefire violations on 3 July. In Luhansk region, the SMM observed fewer ceasefire violations over the weekend compared to the previous day. The SMM followed up...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 1 July 2016
This report includes also some observations outside that period. This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region the SMM recorded a similarly high number of ceasefire violations compared to the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region, the SMM observed fewer ceasefire violations compared to the previous day. The SMM members...
OSCE parliamentarians consider resolutions on security, economic and environmental concerns and human rights
TBILISI, 2 July 2016 – Nearly 300 parliamentarians from 54 OSCE countries have begun debates on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session in Tbilisi. The OSCE PA’s three general committees began working on...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 30 June 2016
This report includes also some observations outside that period. This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region, late in the evening the SMM noted intense fighting violations that lasted well into the morning in the Svitlodarsk/Debaltseve area and involved multiple-launch rocket system, artillery, and mortars. During the day,...
Marking 25 years of international dialogue, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session opens in Tbilisi
TBILISI, 1 July 2016 – With nearly 300 parliamentarians in attendance from 54 countries, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session opened Friday with speeches by host officials including Georgian Speaker of Parliament David Usupashvili, President Giorgi Margvelashvili, and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, as well as OSCE PA...
