RAND Experts Discuss the Options for Ukraine
A cease-fire agreement could stop the fighting in Ukraine by Sunday. RAND experts William Courtney and Olga Oliker discuss what was accomplished during the summit in Minsk, whether the U.S. should arm Ukraine, and what other options exist for supporting Ukraine. …read more Source:...
OSCE/ODIHR event emphasizes civil society’s vital role in countering hate crime
140296 Hate crime awareness and recognition were the focus of a training event for Polish civil society activists organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 11 and 12 February 2015. Thirty-two participants from across Poland gathered to learn more about the differences between hate crime and...
Minsk 2 – a fragile truce
2015-02-12Szymon KardaśWojciech Konończuk The document will bring only a temporary halt to the ongoing conflict in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Building Bridges in Georgia
On February 12, the International Peace Institute, with the support of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, held a meeting in Belgrade to explore new approaches to improving relations between Georgia and the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.The meeting, entitled “Conflict Dynamics and Prospects for...
OSCE PA President meets Russian State Duma Chair Naryshkin in Moscow
COPENHAGEN, 12 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Russian State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin in Moscow for talks that focused on Russia’s role in international efforts to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine. The meeting provided an opportunity for an initial exchange of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 11 February 2015
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM continued observing widespread and recurrent shelling in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In Dnepropetrovsk the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier started an...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office gives full backing to Minsk package
BELGRADE, 12 February 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, welcomed the results of the Summit in Minsk and gave his full support to the package of measures for the implementation of the September 2014 Minsk agreements agreed by the Trilateral Contact Group. “I encourage all sides to seize the...
Ukraine: Protect civilians in contested areas like Debaltseve
Headline Title: Ukraine: Protect civilians in contested areas like Debaltseve 12 February …read more Source: Amnesty...
Doubts Cloud Ukraine Cease-Fire, Azerbaijani Dissident Holed Up in Swiss Embassy
Plus, another Romanian politician ends up in handcuffs and Uzbekistan gives a popular commenter early prison release. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 11 February 2015
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. Overall cross-border traffic flows slightly increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the...
