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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
“Implementing our commitments together” – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama presents Albania’s 2020 priorities to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 9 January 2020
VIENNA, 9 January 2020 – Under the motto ‘Implementing our commitments together’, Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship 2020 will work towards making a difference on the ground, leveraging the Organization’s acquis, and enhancing dialogue, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Albania’s Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Edi Rama, in his address to the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Political wrangling compromises the independence of appointments to Georgia’s highest court, ODIHR report finds
Publishing date: 9 January 2020
WARSAW, 9 January 2020 – While legal reforms regulating the appointment of Supreme Court judges in Georgia are an important step toward improving the independence of the judiciary, they fail to ensure an impartial process based on clearly defined and objective criteria without the influence of partisan politics, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in its second monitoring report, published today.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 5/2020 issued on 8 January 2020
Publishing date: 8 January 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. It recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside and near the disengagement area near Petrivske. The SMM continued monitoring the
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 7 January 2020
Publishing date: 7 January 2020
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs).
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 4/2020 issued on 7 January 2020
Publishing date: 7 January 2020
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside the disengagement area near Zolote, the SMM saw a tailfin from a rocket-propelled grenade for the first time. The Mission continued monitoring the security
ODIHR opens election observation mission in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 7 January 2020
BAKU, 7 January 2020 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission (EOM) for the 9 February early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Azerbaijani authorities...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 3/2020 issued on 6 January 2020
Publishing date: 6 January 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 3 and 4 January, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 4 and 5 January, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region