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Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty second Russian convoy of 42 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 2 April 2015
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 02 April 2015 at 07:34hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 42 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:56hrs on 02 April...
OSCE Kosovo Mission head welcomes Assembly recommendations on public broadcaster
Publishing date: 2 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 April 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, welcomed the recommendations made today by the Assembly of Kosovo on the public broadcaster Radio Television Kosovo (RTK)...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić addresses Collective Security Treaty Organization meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 2 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 2 April 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today told the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), meeting in Dushanbe, that the OSCE shared its goal of contributing to security and stability in Central Asia and aimed for closer co-operation...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 1 April 2015
Publishing date: 2 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 that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport, and that the area around the Shyrokyne was relatively calm. The SMM saw Ukrainian Armed Forces volunteer battalion members working jointly with “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“LPR”) members on the reconstruction of a bridge in the Luhansk region...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 1 April 2015
Publishing date: 1 April 2015
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic slightly decreased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions has decreased over the past four reporting weeks...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 31 March 2015
Publishing date: 1 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 that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne in the Donetsk region, and in areas to the north and north-west of Luhansk city...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve women’s access to property
Publishing date: 1 April 2015
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a series of workshops between 17 March and 1 April 2015 focusing on women’s rights to property. The workshops were designed for representatives of the Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry, municipal officials for gender equality, urbanism and cadastre, communities and return, as well as civil society...