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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 8 September 2015
Publishing date: 9 September 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded 231 explosions in Donetsk region and 16 explosions in Luhansk region. The SMM observed the movement of military hardware in Donetsk region...
Full implementation of arms control agreements vital for confidence- and security-building measures, says Norway’s State Secretary of Foreign Affairs at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting
Publishing date: 9 September 2015
VIENNA, 9 September 2015 – Norway’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which will cover the third trimester of 2015, indicated that strengthening conventional arms control and confidence-building measures as a way of contributing to de-escalation of the crisis in and around Ukraine, as well as gender equality in the armed forces, would be part of the Norwegian priorities...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for local elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 September 2015
KYIV, 9 September 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 25 October local elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Ukrainian authorities...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 8 September 2015
Publishing date: 8 September 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 7 September 2015
Publishing date: 8 September 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded ceasefire violations, almost exclusively at or around Donetsk airport and none in the Luhansk region...
OSCE seminar addresses implementation of National Border Management Strategies
Publishing date: 8 September 2015
DUSHANBE, 8 September 2015- The seminar on Implementation of National Border Management Strategies was completed at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...
OSCE helps to develop sustainable education system for judges
Publishing date: 7 September 2015
Capacity-building seminar for judges-developers of educational courses and programs on application of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (Court) was held on 27-29 August in Truskavets, a town in Lviv region, western Ukraine...