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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter receives civil society recommendations ahead of the Ministerial Council in Basel
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Basel, 03 December 2014 – In his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Didier Burkhalter attended the closing session of the Parallel Civil Society Conference, held in the margins of the Ministerial Council meeting on 02 and 03 December. In Basel, more than 100 civil society representatives discussed and adopted concrete recommendations directed at the OSCE, its Institutions, field presence and participating States. In addition to the CiO, the closing session of the conference was attended by Ambassador Dejan Šahović, Head of the Serbian Chairmanship Task Force, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE Office supports training course for young people in Armenia on anti-corruption
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Youth
TSAGHKADZOR, Armenia, 3 December 2014- A four-day workshop to sum up an anti-corruption course on investigative journalism and photo reporting for 25 young people was launched today in Tsaghkadzor by the Future is Yours NGO with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Weekly update from the Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), on 02 December 2014)
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Border management
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Check Points (BCPs). On 30 November a Russian convoy crossed the Donetsk BCP to Ukraine and returned to the Russian Federation (RF) the same day. Overall cross-border traffic flows decreased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). Following a snowstorm and falling temperatures beginning in the night of 30 November, the traffic flows at both BCPs decreased significantly. The OM continued to observe a significant number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions.
On International Day of Persons with Disability OSCE promotes equal rights to education
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
BISHKEK, 3 December 2014 –The Minister of Social Protection and Development, the Ombudsman and representatives from parliament joined the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in supporting a charity event on Equal Rights to Education, which was held to mark the International Day of Persons with Disability...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) 1 December 2014
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
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 attempted to facilitate a ceasefire to connect Staromikhailivka (22km W of Donetsk) to electric power, but had to leave due to security reasons.
OSCE Mission of Montenegro, Human and Minority Rights Ministry, Podgorica authorities sign agreement on promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
The Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ambassador, Janina Hrebickova; Minister for Human and Minority Rights, Suad Numanovic; Mayor of Capital City of Podgorica Slavoljub Stijepovic, and the President of the local parliament Djordje Suhih signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on promoting gender equality on 28 November 2014...
Students meet top Albanian officials as part of OSCE project on active citizenship
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
Sixty high-school students from the Albanian towns of Lezha, Puka, Korça, Kukës and Peshkopi, met on 2 December 2014 with high-level state officials, including President Bujar Nishani, as part of an OSCE project aimed at strengthening the participation of citizens – especially young people – in decision-making processes at the local and central level. The goal was to enable them become active citizens, to promote a sense of civic responsibility and a better understanding of what democracy means...