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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 271/2020 issued on 13 November 2020
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
Summary The SMM recorded three ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and three in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 90 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and seven in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska,
Human rights standards during criminal proceedings and investigations in focus of OSCE course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
An OSCE-organized online course for law students on international human rights standards during criminal proceedings and investigations took place from 9 to 13 November 2020 in Ashgabat...
Efficient monitoring, analysis and use of data crucial for effective good governance processes say participants at OSCE event
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
The potential of data, its effective monitoring and use in creating a culture of evidence-based decision-making centred on needs of citizens and the community was the focus of a virtual seminar organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) on 10 November 2020...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 270/2020 issued on 12 November 2020
Publishing date: 12 November 2020
Summary The SMM recorded 90 ceasefire violations, including 89 undetermined explosions, in Donetsk region and seven ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 14 in Luhansk region. The Mission continued
OSCE Project Co-ordinator facilitates introduction of environmental assessment systems in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 12 November 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the State Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), on 12 November 2020, held the final online workshop on introducing environmental assessment systems in the country. These systems are designed to be in accordance with the UNECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in a Transboundary Context and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)...
OSCE organizes online seminar on energy diplomacy in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 November 2020
Best practices in developing strategies in the area of energy diplomacy were shared during an OSCE-organized online seminar that took place on 11 and 12 November 2020 in Ashgabat...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 11 November 2020
Publishing date: 11 November 2020
KYIV, 11 November 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing: