Section: OSCE (EU)
Today’s agreement on withdrawal of weapons gives boost to the whole process, says OSCE CiO Dacic after meeting with the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk
MINSK, 21 July 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, has stressed the need to seize the momentum of today’s agreement on the withdrawal of tanks and certain weapons under 100 mm calibre for further advancement of the process during his first visit to Minsk today. Only a political solution can bring an end...
OSCE promotes social entrepreneurship to prevent human trafficking in Ukraine
ZHYTOMYR, VINNYTSIA, LVIV, 21 JULY 2015 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), jointly with Ukraine’s Social Policy Ministry, conducted a series of round tables to launch a project in support of social entrepreneurship as a tool to address challenges of trafficking in human beings held on 20-21 July. The project aims to...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn terrorist attack in Turkey
BELGRADE, 20 July 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the terrorist attack in the Turkish border town of Suruc, offering condolences to the families of those killed and wishing a rapid recovery to the many injured. “Today’s attack is an...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 19 July 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 third parties and security considerations*. The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport. The SMM observed...
OSCE Representative releases recommendations from June conference on journalists’ safety, now endorsed by Russia and Ukraine media unions at Vienna roundtable
VIENNA, 20 July 2015 – Senior representatives of journalists’ professional unions from Russia and Ukraine today discussed and endorsed the key recommendations by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media that followed the conference “Journalists’ Safety, Media Freedom and Pluralism in Times of Conflict” held in Vienna on 15...
Extraordinary IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 20 July 2015 – On 20th July 2015, an extraordinary meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 17 July 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 third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed that the number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport decreased. In...
No alternative to Minsk Agreements, says CiO Dačić during visit to OSCE operations in Kyiv
KYIV, 17 July – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić visited the OSCE operations in Kyiv today, where he expressed his full support for their efforts aimed at addressing the crisis in and around Ukraine. Meeting Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Dačić said the OSCE is a key supporter on Ukraine’s road...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 16 July 2015
The level of violence at and around the destroyed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”)-controlled airport (12km north-west of Donetsk) decreased compared to previous days. Positioned at the “DPR”-controlled Donetsk central railway station (8km north-west of Donetsk), the SMM heard and observed on 16 July between 08:10 and 16:00hrs 10...
OSCE/ODIHR seminars for police and prosecutors in Ukraine focus on freedom of religion or belief and hate crimes
173416 Police and prosecutors from Ukraine discussed international standards on freedom of religion or belief and responses to hate crime at two seminars organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vinnitsa on 13 and 14 July and in Odessa on 16 and 17 July 2015. Each seminar began with participants...
