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Press Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 12 November 2014- The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States, and Pierre Andrieu of France) express our very serious concern about the downing of a helicopter near the Line of Contact and the recent violence. We regret the loss of life and express our condolences to the families...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 12 November 2014
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 12 November 2014- As mandated, the Observer Mission (OM) is operating 24/7 at both BCPs. Overall cross-border traffic flows increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). For the first time since late August, more people entered than left the Russian Federation (RF) at the two observed BCPs. The OM observed the highest number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions, since the beginning of its mandate. The OM observed them crossing the border more often in groups than previously. They were formed also of a higher number of people, in one instance of 24 persons...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 11 November 2014
Publishing date: 12 November 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 situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, focusing on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. The SMM went to the international border crossing points, Izvaryne and Gukovo, between Ukraine and the Russian Federation...
OSCE in Moldova trains judges and prosecutors on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CHISINAU, 12 November 2014 – A group of Moldovan judges and prosecutors completed today an OSCE train-the-trainer course to enhance the capacity of the Moldovan judiciary system to prevent and combat domestic violence...
Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERLIN, 12 November 2014 – Political will on the part of governments and partnership with civil society are crucial in addressing challenges related to contemporary anti-Semitism in the OSCE region, participants at an OSCE conference said today in Berlin...
OSCE Centre supports meeting of Human Dimension Working Group in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
An OSCE-supported meeting of the working group of the Consultative and Advisory Body on the Human Dimension under Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry took place on 12 November 2014 in Astana...
OSCE Centre co-organizes meeting on Aarhus Convention’s implementation
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
Astana, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2014 – Over 100 representatives of the Parliament, Supreme Court, government, civil society and major enterprises exploring natural resources, discussed at the Public Council today in Astana the issue of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)...