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OSCE and activists discuss challenges of Roma in South East Europe
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SARAJEVO, 19 March 2015 – Improving living standards of Roma and ensuring their full access to social, economic and political life throughout South East Europe was in focus at the 10th Regional Meeting of Focal Points on Roma in OSCE Field Operations, held today in Sarajevo...
Freedom of media should remain priority for authorities in Ukraine, Mijatović says during visit to Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
KYIV, 19 March 2015 – Ending her four-day visit to Kyiv, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the current crisis in and around Ukraine continues to negatively influence free media and journalists’ safety in the country...
OSCE supports meeting of working group on social standards for victims of cruel treatment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group established with the aim to develop standards of social services for victims of human trafficking that took place in Astana on 19 March 2015...
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 18 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, Switzerland, 18 March 2015- The thirty-first round of the Geneva International Discussions has just been concluded. It turned out to be very difficult due to divergent views and approaches of participants on various issues, including on certain agenda items. As part of the review of the security situation, the participants commented on the “Treaty on Alliance and Integration” signed today by Moscow and Tskhinvali. The Co-Chairs regretted that such a development took place on the same day as this round, thus creating a difficult climate in the discussions.
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn horrific terrorist attack in Tunisia
Publishing date: 18 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
BELGRADE, 18 March 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and the Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, condemned the horrific terrorist attack in Tunis today, and expressed their deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the victims...
OSCE PA President marks anniversary of Crimea’s illegal annexation
Publishing date: 18 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 18 March 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Ukraine by the Russian Federation:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 17 March 2015
Publishing date: 18 March 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol...