Statement by the Chairmanship on the Trilateral Contact Group consultations in Minsk on 31 January 2015
MINSK, 31 January 2015 – The participants in the Trilateral Contact Group came to Minsk for consultations with the representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The TCG had prepared a detailed plan for the concrete implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, which continue to be the indispensable basis for...
Kennan Cable No.4: What’s Next For Donbas?
As 2014 was drawing to a close, hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine were spending the holidays far away from their homes. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that as of January 14, 2015, over a million people in Ukraine have fled their homes (Some from Eastern Ukraine, others from Crimea), with the number of internally...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić regrets loss of lives, calls for immediate and urgent ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
BELGRADE, 31 January 2015 – In the course of the past 24 hours the situation has rapidly deteriorated in eastern Ukraine impacting innocent civilians. Lives have been lost and many have been injured. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić, reiterated his profound regret for the loss of lives and called...
Statement by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 31 January, 2015 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, today condemned the shelling of densely populated civilian areas in eastern Ukraine. Initial reports indicate more civilians were killed and injured yesterday by shells landing deep in Donetsk City. “Yet again, innocent...
Conflict Escalates in the Ukraine
As the armed conflict escalates in the Donbas, the West finds that it has run out of ideas on how to help settle the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 29 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. 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 observed military equipment and vehicles in Donetsk region. In “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”)-controlled...
Minsk Plans Another Round of Ukraine Talks, Slovaks to Vote on Gay Marriage
Plus, Serbia’s military chief faces new Kosovo allegations, and Mongolia gets a taste of SMS democracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Equilibrium Ad Interim in East Asia
While dreadful news continues to pour out of Ukraine and the Middle East, East Asia appears to have found an equilibrium-at least for the time being. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office appeals for renewed Minsk peace dialogue
BELGRADE, 29 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, this evening held a telephone conversation with his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who briefed him on the latest developments in the implementation of the peace plan in eastern...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 28 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. 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). In areas under control of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) the SMM observed movement of unmarked military...
