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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference urges more systematic implementation of gender equality commitments across three dimensions of security
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
VIENNA, 28 October 2020 – OSCE participating States must do more to systematically implement their gender equality commitments across the politico-military, economic and environmental, and human dimensions of security, said participants of the third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference, which closed today.
Crisis management focus of 14th Annual Meeting of OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
The current global health crisis and associated challenges for border agencies, as well as transnational threats triggered by the pandemic, were the focus of the two-day Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, which concluded on 28 October 2020.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 27 October 2020
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 256/2020 issued on 27 October 2020
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
Summary The SMM recorded 23 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and ten in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and
OSCE PA Migration Committee members hear from Greek Minister and civil society on the situation on Lesbos and other islands
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
COPENHAGEN, 27 October 2020 – In a discussion today with the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Migration members heard about the situation following the fires which destroyed the Moria Reception and Identification Centre in early September. Minister Mitarachi also provided an update on the handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the context of migration as well as plans for future reception and accommodation of asylum seekers...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 255/2020 issued on 26 October 2020
Publishing date: 26 October 2020
Summary Between the evenings of 23 and 25 October, the SMM recorded 38 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 23 and 25 October, the Mission recorded ten ceasefire violations in Luhansk
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 254/2020 issued on 24 October 2020
Publishing date: 24 October 2020
Summary The SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 45 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and