News and press releases

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions between the evenings of 8 and 9 December compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number in Luhansk region between the evenings of 9 and 10 December compared with the previous 24 hours. The SMM followed up on reports of a civilian casualty and assessed damage to civilian properties in Dokuchaievsk. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations inside the Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in the disengagement areas and elsewhere, including at a checkpoint near Horlivka.* The SMM facilitated and monitored repairs to the broken wooden ramps at the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge. The SMM monitored the situation at checkpoints in Zolote. It facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Berezove. The SMM visited four border areas outside of government control. In Kyiv, it monitored a peaceful march in the city centre.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro contributed to the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence by supporting four public discussions with students from six Montenegrin schools.

OSCE-supported public hearings on the management of public assemblies and ways to increase the level of trust between law enforcement and citizens took place at Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry in Astana on 8 December 2017...

An OSCE-supported international conference on modern anti-corruption standards and international co-operation took place on 8 December 2017 in Astana.

An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering sexual crimes against children in cyberspace concluded on 8 December 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Ambassador György Szabó, received a certificate of appreciation for the promotion of human rights in Kazakhstan on 7 December 2017.

A one-week modular training course on collective action, the role of regulatory impact assessments and anti-corruption proofing of draft legislation for more than 40 representatives of public sector, business community and civil society concluded on 8 December 2017 in Astana.