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Establishment of security system that secures peace, stability and prosperity of States and citizens is goal we all share, says OSCE Chairperson Dačić
Publishing date: 21 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 21 April 2015 – Any improvement in the comprehensive security of an OSCE participating State results in greater security for all, said OSCE Chairperson and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić in Belgrade while opening today’s Chairmanship conference on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R), which is one of the Serbian Chairmanship’s priorities...
Independence of institutions must be respected, says OSCE Mission to Serbia Acting Head Uyehara
Publishing date: 21 April 2015
BELGRADE, 21 April 2015- The OSCE Mission to Serbia is concerned about the ongoing campaign against the Serbian Ombudsman institution and Ombudsman Saša Janković...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 19 April 2015
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed ongoing fighting in and around Donetsk airport, with fewer incidents involving the use of heavy weapons than in previous days. After days of calm, fighting took place in and around Shyrokyne, forcing the SMM to temporarily withdraw. The SMM observed military movements on both sides of the contact line. The SMM re-visited heavy weapons holding areas.
OSCE parliamentarians to observe general elections in United Kingdom
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 20 April 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will conduct an election observation mission to the United Kingdom for the country’s general elections on 7 May...
Governments must do more to address anti-Semitic hate crime, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR workshop
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
More than 30 representatives of civil society, Jewish communities and international organizations from across the OSCE region discussed prevention efforts and responses to anti-Semitic hate crime at a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20 April 2015 in Vienna.
OSCE/ODIHR hosts meeting on legal personality of religious or belief communities with civil society and state authorities from Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The legal personality of religious or belief communities in the Central Asia region was the focus of an event organized jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Regional Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia, on 20 April 2015 in Bishkek.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes in-depth control training for border police officers
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Hungarian Embassy in Skopje and Hungarian national police will train 13 Border Police Officers on in-depth control and integrated border management in Budapest from 20 to 25 April 2015...