Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 24 August 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*. Ceasefire violations were recorded in numerous locations without a significant increase in its number. The...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 23 August 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 observed a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport. The SMM observed...
Co-operative water governance in focus of OSCE seminar at World Water Week in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM, 23 August 2015 – The importance of co-operative water governance for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and its contribution for maintaining security and stability, were the focus of a seminar held today in Stockholm in the framework of the World Water Week. The seminar was organized by the OSCE, Serbia’s 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 August 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 observed a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport and a calm situation in...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić condemns spate of recent terrorist attacks, urges redoubling of efforts to address factors conducive to terrorism
NEW YORK, 21 August 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today condemned the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Turkey, Egypt, Thailand and Tunisia, offering his deepest condolences to the victims, their families and governments affected, and called for a redoubling of efforts to address the...
Efforts by international organizations to counter hate crime the focus of OSCE/ODIHR training event in Warsaw
178266 Increasing co-operation between international organizations and sharing good practices to counter hate crime were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 20 and 21 August 2015. During the event, 28 participants from international organizations and...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 20 August 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 monitored the situation on the administrative boundary line with Crimea at Chonhar crossing point....
Efforts to counter hate crime by international organizations the focus of OSCE/ODIHR training event in Warsaw
178266 Increasing co-operation between international organizations and sharing good practices to counter hate crime were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 20 and 21 August 2015. During the event, 28 participants from international organizations and...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains teachers on educating about human rights principles
178276 Andrii Dziubenko More than 60 school teachers were trained on teaching about human rights to children and youth during events organized in Odesa and Kharkiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from …read more Source:...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-fifth Russian convoy of 51 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Please note that this report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY On 20 August 2015 at 06:45hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 51 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 16:43hrs...
