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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, at the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, takes stock of implementation of Swiss priorities at half time
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter, took part today in the Inaugural Plenary Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 23rd annual session in Baku...
Russian Duma Chair, Ukrainian Rada Deputy Chair address OSCE PA Annual Session
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Russian State Duma Chair Sergey Naryshkin and Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chair Ruslan Koshulynskyi addressed the opening plenary of the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku today, offering contrasting views on the crisis in Ukraine but pledging support for a diplomatic resolution...
Azerbaijan’s President, OSCE Chair-in-Office open OSCE PA Annual Session
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – The 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session has begun in Baku, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Swiss President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter addressing nearly 300 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations...
Violations of media freedom in eastern Ukraine do not stop, says OSCE media representative
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 28 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about steps of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” aimed at controlling media of the Donetsk region in Ukraine...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 26 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation across the country was calm. A Holocaust memorial was vandalised in Kherson region, and some internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Roma community faced difficulty in having their housing needs met in Kharkiv. Four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team have been missing for 28 days. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team who had been missing for 32 days were released late on 26 June.
At second OSCE-hosted meeting, journalists’ unions adopt action plan to improve media freedom situation in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 June 2014 – Representatives of Ukrainian and Russian journalists’ unions agreed to co-operate on steps to increase journalists’ safety and professionalism as they met again today in Vienna. The meeting was hosted by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with the purpose to forge a plan to improve the situation for media working in and around Ukraine...
OSCE PA President welcomes release of monitors in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 27 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today welcomed the release of four Donetsk-based monitors from the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine after they had spent 32 days in captivity...