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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
A forty-third Russian convoy of 46 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 12 November 2015
On 12 November 2015 at 06:44hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 46 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:13hrs on 12 November...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 11 November 2015
Publishing date: 12 November 2015
Although it was relatively calm in most areas of Donbas, the SMM recorded ceasefire violations in a number of locations...
Special Representative promotes OSCE’s victim-centred approach to combating human trafficking with Vatican, Italian officials
Publishing date: 12 November 2015
ROME, 12 November 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, promoted the OSCE’s victim-centred and human-rights based approach to combating human trafficking in crisis situations during her visit to Rome on 11-12 November 2015.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 10 November 2015
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM received written notifications of the completion of withdrawal of mortars. The SMM recorded over 90 explosions and bursts of small arms fire at the outskirts of Donetsk city, including the impact of an 82mm mortar round...
In Kyiv, OSCE PA President discusses Minsk implementation, reform process with Parliament Chairman Groysman
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
KYIV, 11 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today in Kyiv with Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Chairman Volodymyr Groysman and parliamentarians from the Ukrainian Delegation to the Assembly for discussions that focused on the status of implementation of the Minsk Agreements and the country’s ongoing reform process...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 November 2015
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Ukraine from 2 to 6 November 2015, including trips to Kyiv as well as Mariupol, where she assessed the inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, Thors discussed the status of modernizing the institutional