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Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 22 February 2018
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region but fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM followed up on reports of fresh damage caused by weapons to civilian properties in Dovhe and Molodizhne. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, and while present in Stanytsia Luhanska and Zolote, it observed a calm situation. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including, as in previous days, at the Chervona Mohyla railway station near Voznesenivka and at three other crossing points at the border with the Russian Federation in areas outside government control (out of six visited by the SMM).* The SMM observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines near Kostiantynivka and Klynove. The SMM observed convoys of trucks labelled “Humanitarian Aid from the Russian Federation” in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission continued to facilitate and monitor repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Pavlopil and Novotoshkivske. In non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region, the mission noted disruptions in some mobile communications networks. The SMM monitored gatherings in Kherson on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the events at Maidan and in Kharkiv on the third anniversary of the bombing of a pro-Maidan march.
ODIHR final report on Georgia’s local elections recommends removing undue restrictions on voter and candidate rights, addressing legal gaps and inconsistencies
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The final report on the 21 October and 12 November 2017 local elections in Georgia issued by observers of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends steps to improve the electoral legislation and strengthen guarantees of voter and candidate rights. The report,
ODIHR experts visit Skopje to present final report on municipal elections
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
Content type: News
What we do: Elections
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Skopje from 21 to 23 February 2018 to present the final report of its election observation mission for the 15 October municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The report’s findings and
ODIHR provides expertise to Central Election Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 19 to 23 February 2018 to provide assistance to the Central Election Commission in following up on ODIHR electoral recommendations. The expertise provided related to the
OSCE Mission to Montenegro assists State Election Commission in developing an operational plan for presidential elections
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
Ahead of the busy election year with presidential and a number of local elections in the spring, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro is providing technical assistance to the country’s State Election Commission (SEC) and Municipal Election Commissions (MEC) to support the development of an Election Operational Plan- an essential tool in managing the upcoming presidential election, which is scheduled for 15 April 2018.
OSCE trains border guards on travel document security in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 February 2018
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 26 border guards concluded in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on 23 February 2018...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations with French authorities
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Paris on 21 and 22 February 2018 to present the recommendations from ODIHR’s final report on the 2017 presidential election in France. The report’s findings and