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Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 23 September 2014
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM observed the situation in Donbas, with a particular focus on implementation of the provisions of the Memorandum signed on 19 September in Minsk. It also continued to monitor the situation of IDPs...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 08:00 (Moscow time), on 24 September 2014
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) is operating at full capacity. Cross-border traffic flows remained steady at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs) although the total number of border-crossings has slightly decreased. Similar to the previous week, more people left the Russian Federation (RF) for Ukraine at the two observed BCPs. Regular local and long-distance bus connections are now operating between cities in the RF and the Luhansk region. The OM observed a significant increase in minivan traffic at both BCPs and again considerable numbers of persons in camouflage clothing crossing the border. Supporters of the so-called ‘Novorossiya’ advised OSCE observers to return to their home countries...
OSCE Center in Bishkek supports environment and emergency risk reduction training for Central Asia
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 24 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is hosting a three-day training course on ”Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation” for representatives from the national agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and OSCE field operations in Central Asia in Bishkek...
Don’t overlook humanitarian impact of Ukraine crisis, urges OSCE PA’s Kulkuloglu
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2014 – As the international community supports a diplomatic solution in Ukraine, the humanitarian impact of the crisis must not be overlooked, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu told a gathering of international human rights experts in Warsaw...
Proposed media ownership requirements could further damage media pluralism in Russia, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
WARSAW, 24 September 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Russian authorities to carefully address proposed changes to legislation on media ownership requirements...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes campaign against hate speech among high school students
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Youth, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Students from 21 high schools in Skopje learn about privacy, personal data protection, and how to combat online hate speech through an OSCE supported project, from September to December 2014...
OSCE/ODIHR releases annual Background Paper on Death Penalty in OSCE Area
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights