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Afghanistan and the new border security landscape in focus of Central Asian Border Management Initiative 2021
Publishing date: 9 November 2021
Recent developments in Afghanistan and related transnational threats in the Central Asian region were the focus of the 16th Central Asia Border Management Initiative (CABMI) Conference held on 8 and 9 November in Vienna.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 262/2021 issued on 8 November 2021
Publishing date: 8 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 5 and 7 November, the SMM recorded 661 ceasefire violations, including 87 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 482 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 5 and 7 November, the Mission
OSCE parliamentarians issue urgent plea to tackle climate emergency
Publishing date: 8 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 8 November 2021 – Halfway through the 26th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP26) taking place in Glasgow, the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee, together with its envoys on Arctic issues and Sustainable Development Goals, have issued a “Parliamentary Plea for Resolute Climate Action.”
OSCE supports a three-day training seminar on the Paris Principles and human rights report writing
Publishing date: 8 November 2021
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (Paris Principles, 1993) and human rights report writing was concluded on 5 November 2021. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with National Center for Human Rights.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 25/2021: Non-SMM unmanned aerial vehicle and ceasefire violations close to the SMM patrol in Bolotene, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 6 November 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
At 14:15 on 6 November, while positioned on the western edge of Bolotene (government-controlled, 22km north-east of Luhansk), the Mission heard four bursts of small-arms fire at an assessed range of less than 50m south of its position. SMM patrol members immediately re-entered their vehicles. A few
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 261/2021 issued on 6 November 2021
Publishing date: 6 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 482 ceasefire violations, including 125 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 78 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 148 ceasefire violations, including 145 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 260/2021 issued on 5 November 2021
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 78 ceasefire violations, including 22 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 204 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded eight ceasefire violations, including five explosions. In the previous