OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić welcomes agreement on withdrawal of weapons in eastern Ukraine reached within the Trilateral Contact Group
NEW YORK, 29 September 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić welcomed the agreement on withdrawal of tanks, artillery under 100mm and mortars up to 120mm in eastern Ukraine, which was reached in Minsk today by the Working Group on Security of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG). “Today’s agreement...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 28 September 2015
This report is for the media and 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 situation remained largely calm in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the SMM recorded a small number of...
OSCE participating States should implement ODIHR / Venice Commission guidelines on religious or belief communities, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
186531 Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities The negative effects of obstacles to accessing legal personality for religious or belief communities, both at the legislative and practical levels, were the …read more Source:...
Munk Debate on Foreign Policy: The best debate of all?
Monday night, the Munk Debate forum hosted this election’s only debate focusing on foreign policy. Party leaders Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair went head-to-head over Canada’s record on refugees, Bill C51 and the Arctic. Was it a success? We rounded up reviews from a handful of experts that delve into who won, who...
Russia’s Fight in Syria Reflects the Kremlin’s Fears at Home
While supporting Asaad has allowed Russia to retain its influence in the Middle East, Russia should be wary of getting too involved in Syria if it wants to avoid another Ukraine-like quagmire …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
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Language English A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks with a child as they enter a school on the start of the new school year in Donetsk on September 1, 2015 Alt Text 2015_09_eca_donetsk © 2015 ReutersRegion / Country Europe/Central Asia Ukraine Topic Arms …read more Source: Human Rights...
Donbass Is Clinging to Illusion of Peace
Expand A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks with a child as they enter a school on the start of the new school year in Donetsk on September 1, 2015 © 2015 Reuters There was neither shelling nor shooting in Donetsk in the first week of September. The city seemed strikingly normal, …read more Source: Human Rights...
Obama Deifies American Hegemony
This is the 70th anniversary of the UN. It is not clear how much good the UN has done. Some UN Blue Hemet peacekeeping operations had limited success. But mainly Washington has used the UN for war, such as the Korean War and Washington’s Cold War against the Soviet Union. In our time Washington had UN tanks sent in against Bosnian Serbs...
Regional organizations central to global efforts in countering violent extremism, says OSCE Secretary General
NEW YORK CITY, 29 September 2015 – “Regional and sub-regional organizations have a key role to play in global efforts to counter violent extremism”, says OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier. Zannier is taking part in the Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism hosted by President of the United States of America...
What to make of the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?
What to make of the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?To the suprise of many, there is now likely to be a Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement thanks to a petition signed by over 450,000 people. But what is it really about? Open Europe’s Pieter Cleppe explains.The post What to make of the Dutch...
