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OSCE parliamentarians to observe upcoming elections in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 10 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tajikistan and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 8 February 2015
Publishing date: 9 February 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
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 significant movement of military vehicles in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
OSCE PA President meets Verkhovna Rada Chair Groysman, Foreign Minister Klimkin in Kyiv
Publishing date: 9 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 6 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Volodymyr Groysman, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and other senior parliamentary and government officials in Kyiv for discussions that focused on the status of efforts to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine.
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process to meet the sides on 9-10 February
Publishing date: 9 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 9 February 2015 – The Special Representative of the Serbian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević will visit Chisinau and Tiraspol starting today...
Spot Report Observer Mission at Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk: Russian convoy of 70 vehicles cross into Ukraine and back through Donetsk BCP
Publishing date: 8 February 2015
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 08 February 2015 at 04:50 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 70 vehicles were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 16:33 on February 08.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 February 2015
Publishing date: 8 February 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
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 the evacuation of civilians from heavily shelled Debaltseve.
Munich Security Conference: OSCE receives Ewald von Kleist Award, honoured for contribution to peace, stability, security in Europe
Publishing date: 7 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MUNICH, Germany, 7 February 2015 – The OSCE’s crucial role as a bridge-builder and an agent of peace was recognized today, said Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika and the OSCE Secretary General as they accepted the Ewald von Kleist Award, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. For the first time in the award’s history, it is being given to an organization rather than an individual.