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Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014
Publishing date: 5 November 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum as well as the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination remained at the focus of SMM monitoring. In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained tense. In Donetsk the SMM heard shelling from the northern outskirts of the city...
OSCE Office shares international experience on justice administration in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 November 2014
Life imprisonment and child friendly justice standards in European criminal law were among the topics discussed at an OSCE-supported seminar held on 5 November 2014 in Yerevan...
OSCE Special Representative launches publication calling for action to stop human trafficking in the private sector
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
Businesses which procure products and services have an important role to play in preventing human trafficking, by setting minimum standards to be met by all their suppliers, concludes a new publication launched on 4 November 2014 by the OSCE’s Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 3 November 2014
Publishing date: 4 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 implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination. An SMM UAV was subject to military-grade GPS jamming...
Spot report by OSCE Observer Mission, 4 Nov 2014: Russian convoy of 10 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 4 November 2014 at 08:25 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy of 10 vehicles arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). The vehicles were inspected only by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 14:20 on the same day. This was the fifth Russian convoy to cross through the Donetsk BCP since the arrival of the Observer Mission (OM) to the Russian BCPs...
Measures to prevent domestic servitude in diplomatic households highlighted in new OSCE handbook
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
A new handbook for relevant authorities across the OSCE region on how to prevent human trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in diplomatic households was launched by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on 4 November 2014 in Vienna...
OSCE facilitates co-operation between Diplomatic Academies in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
BISHKEK, 04 November 2014 –The OSCE Academy in Bishkek today signed a Memorandum of Co-operation (MoU) with the Kazy Dikambaev Diplomatic Academy under the Kyrgyz Foreign Affairs Ministry. On the same occasion, the Diplomatic Academy signed a Memorandum of Co-operation with the American University of Central Asia President Andrew Wachtel. The MoUs will contribute to developing and enhancing of mutual co-operation, exchange of information and expertise in the field of education, professional training and research...