News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan competently administered but lacked genuine competition and debate, say OSCE/ODIHR observers
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
TASHKENT, 22 December 2014 – The 21 December 2014 parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan were competently administered but lacked genuine electoral competition and debate, election observers sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement issued today...
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk:Two Russian convoys crossed into Ukraine through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 21 December 2014
On 19 and 21 December 2014 two Russian convoys crossed into Ukraine through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). These were the 10th and 11th Russian convoys crossing through the Donetsk BCP since the arrival of the Observer Mission (OM) at the Russian BCPs.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 19 December
Publishing date: 21 December 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The JCCC recorded a number of alleged ceasefire violations. The SMM observed some military hardware moving in the direction of Donetsk city.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 December 2014
Publishing date: 19 December 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed no shelling or use of fire-arms, although the JCCC did report on a number of such occurrences.
OSCE-supported Guidebook on co-operation between police and journalists during mass events presented in Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 December 2014
KYIV, 19 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, country’s Interior Ministry and the National Union of Journalists presented today a new guidebook on the effective co-operation between police and media during mass events and crises...
OSCE helps children of eastern Ukraine learn safety rules to avoid accidents with ammunition and unexploded ordnance
Publishing date: 19 December 2014
The schools of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk – two towns in the East of Ukraine, affected by recent hostilities – received newly-produced awareness raising materials to help their students avoid risks of accidents, associated with unexploded ordnance, abandoned ammunition and other potentially deadly items. At a handover ceremony in Kharkiv on 18 December 2014, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s officers presented to the regional authorities 7,000 workbooks with covers displaying instructions on safety rules for kids in case they encounter such munitions...
OSCE promotes civil society and media in oversight of security matters
Publishing date: 19 December 2014
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Council of Ministers’ Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Security Policy and the Sarajevo-based Centre for Security Studies concluded a seminar on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security on Thursday, 18 December 2014 in Sarajevo. The seminar aimed to inform security sector officials and representatives of civil society and media about provisions of the Code of Conduct, which calls for democratic oversight of the security sector...