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Co-operation matters! OSCE interactive campaign seeks global vision of security and co-operation

Publishing date: 17 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued), OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 17 April 2015 – In a new interactive campaign launched today, the OSCE is inviting members of the public to send in photos, videos and social media messages on how we can work together to make security a reality and promote peace through co-operation...

Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty third Russian convoy of 62 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 16 April 2015 at 07:14hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 62 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 17:45hrs on 16 April.

Freedoms of association and assembly cornerstones of democracy and security, say participants at OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – The freedoms of association and assembly are the cornerstone of a vibrant, pluralistic and participatory democracy, and restrictions to these can only be allowed in line with relevant international standards and commitments, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...

Partnership and co-operation takes Bosnia and Herzegovina forward on its reform path, says OSCE Secretary General Zannier

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 16 April 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concluded yesterday a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he met with high-level state officials, Srebenica municipal and religious leaders, and senior representatives of the international community...

OSCE Yerevan Office donates equipment to State Investigative Committee to help improve criminal justice in Armenia

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 April 2015 donated equipment including 15 computers and three printer-scanner machines to the newly-established State Investigative Committee with the aim of enhancing the capacities and efficiency of this institution and its investigators, and to promote the

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 15 April 2015

Publishing date: 16 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”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and by security considerations*. Fighting continued unabated in the area of Donetsk airport; the SMM observed many ceasefire violations mainly around Avdiivka, Pisky, Spartak and Zhabunki. For the second consecutive day, fighting subsided in the Shyrokyne area but the humanitarian situation continues to be dire. The SMM monitored heavy weapons holding areas belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and observed that not all heavy weapons previously recorded remain in situ...

OSCE/ODIHR Civil Society Forum focuses on strengthening role of associations in public decision-making processes

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Some 40 civil society representatives from more than 25 OSCE participating States discussed the participation of associations in public decision-making processes at the Civil Society Forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 15 and 16 April 2015 in Vienna.