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OSCE ready to organize next round of 5+2 as soon as possible, says OSCE Chair’s Special Representative
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN/BELGRADE, 8 April 2014 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, stated today that the OSCE is ready to organize the next round of 5+2 negotiations as soon as the sides agree...
Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on her recent visits to Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 April 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has been closely following developments in Ukraine since the office was established in 1993 to act as an instrument of conflict prevention at the earliest stage. The successive High Commissioners have paid particular attention to the inter-ethnic situation in Crimea, legislation regulating minority rights and language use, and the education of national minorities...
Swiss OSCE Chair appoints Chief and Deputy Chief Monitors for Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 2 April 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter today expressed satisfaction with the state of deployment of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and announced the appointment of the Chief Monitor and Deputy Chief Monitors.
OSCE/ODIHR human rights assessment mission requested by Ukraine completes field work
Publishing date: 1 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WARSAW, 1 April 2014- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced today that its part of the Human Rights Assessment Mission deployed at the request of the Ukrainian authorities had completed its field work...
OSCE media freedom representative lauds changes to Ukrainian law to enforce effective access to information
Publishing date: 28 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
TORONTO, 28 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the adoption by Verkhovna Rada of amendments to the Ukrainian legislation introducing long-awaited and competent democratic mechanisms of access to information.
OSCE parliamentarians meet Acting President of Ukraine on pre-election visit
Publishing date: 28 March 2014
KYIV, 28 March 2014 – A delegation of senior OSCE parliamentarians today completed a pre-election visit to Ukraine that featured discussions with Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on blocking television channels
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
Recently politicians, lawmakers and regulators in Ukraine have expressed concern about the influence of Russian television on information security or other national interests. These concerns are often followed by actions that effectively suspend or ban all or some programmes produced in Russia. In a similar development, de facto authorities in Crimea several weeks ago abruptly and brutally switched off almost all Ukrainian television channels and replaced them with channels originating from the Russian Federation.