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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 217/2019 issued on 13 September 2019
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas conduct demining and clearing debris north of and
OSCE supports training seminar for defence lawyers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
An OSCE-supported training seminar for representatives of the legal profession on the qualified legal protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms concluded on 14 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes release of seven former Cumhuriyet journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
VIENNA, 13 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his relief after the sentences of seven former Cumhuriyet journalists were reversed in Turkey yesterday.
Presidents of courts discuss international standards for judicial administration at ODIHR seminar in Minsk
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
International rule of law standards related to the court management and independence of the judiciary were the topic of a training seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) together with Belarusian judicial institutions on 13 September 2019 in Minsk.
Co-operative approach is important in addressing security challenges, says Deputy Foreign Minister Povejšil
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic for Security and Multilateral Affairs, Martin Povejšil presented the priorities of the Czech Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on 11 September 2019 in Vienna.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan recognizes staff contribution to presidential award
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
The mission members of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan were recognized today at a ceremony at the mission office, acknowledging their contribution to the recent presentation of a State Award to the Project Co-ordinator by H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan. Twenty-eight staff members received recognition certificates at the afternoon event, with the remainder of the staff getting theirs upon their return from various travel-related duties...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan recognizes staff contribution to presidential award.
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
The mission members of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan were recognized today at a ceremony at the mission office, acknowledging their contribution to the recent presentation of a State Award to the Project Co-ordinator by H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan. Twenty-eight staff members received recognition certificates at the afternoon event, with the remainder of the staff getting theirs upon their return from various travel-related duties...