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OSCE supports discussions safety of hydrotechnical facilities in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 9 December 2015- Development of a new national legislation on safety of hydrotechnical facilities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion, which took place in Astana, Kazakhstan...

Absence of human rights decisions at OSCE Ministerial Council has troubling implications, says PA’s Santos

Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 9 December 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Chairperson, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today expressed deep disappointment at the inability of governments to agree any decisions or declarations on promoting human rights at the recently concluded OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...

OSCE Special Representative, at European Parliament, speaks about link between human trafficking and migrant smuggling

Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Migration
BRUSSELS, 9 December 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, described the nexus between human trafficking and migrant smuggling in an address at a European Parliament conference on Tuesday...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opens Forward Patrol Base in Horlivka

Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DONETSK, 9 December 2015- The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine is today opening a new Forward Patrol Base to house a small group of monitors in the city of Horlivka, an area currently not under government control in the eastern region of Donetsk. Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug will spend the first night in the newly-established Base together with the team...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 7 December 2015

Publishing date: 8 December 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded a number of ceasefire violations, including the use of Addendum-proscribed weapons. It noted partial compliance in relation to the withdrawal of prohibited weapons from the security zone and observed the developments regarding the restoration of power supply to Crimea.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 8 December 2015

Publishing date: 8 December 2015
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCP). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs.

OSCE Presence in Albania marks International Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 8 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights
Ahead of International Human Rights Day, the OSCE Presence in Albania hosted an event in Tirana on 7 December 2015 with high state officials, partner institutions, diplomatic corps, civil society and media, highlighting the nexus between human rights and security and awarding a coalition of trafficking shelters for their work...