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Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 12 June (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 13 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 in Ukraine was calm, except parts of Donbas where serious tensions continue. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the 4 monitors from the Donetsk team and 4 monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...

OSCE PA Annual Session: confidence-building in military sphere the focus of First Committee resolution

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2014 – Enhanced confidence-building measures in the military sphere, democratic control of countries’ armed forces and a comprehensive assessment of cyber threats are among key recommendations made by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security (First Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA’s upcoming Annual Session...

Call for applications for young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Building OSCE Youth Advisory Group

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Youth
Young leaders, activists, students, researchers and NGO representatives, aged 18 to 30 years old, and resident in Bosnia and Herzegovina are invited to apply for the OSCE Youth Advisory Group project to learn more about the OSCE’s work...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro and partners host first regional panel on environmental management

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the NGO Environmental Movement Ozone, on 10 June 2014 in Podgorica hosted the first regional panel discussion on challenges and experiences in environmental management in the region...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports training on women’s economic empowerment

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 11 June 2014 presented certificates to 14 women who had completed a Mission-supported course on employment skills and economic empowerment in Budva municipality...

OSCE supports training on human rights of military personnel and torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan’s army

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a training course from 9-13 June 2014 on torture prevention and international and national standards regarding the rights and freedoms of military personnel...

OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s Government on tackling crimes by juveniles

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
Poverty, drugs, alcohol and peer pressure are the factors behind a sharp rise in the number of youths committing crimes in Kyrgyzstan, concludes a survey co-produced by the Police Matters Programme of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and presented on 13 June 2014...