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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 153/2021 issued on 3 July 2021
Publishing date: 3 July 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 164 ceasefire violations, including 136 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 927 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 52 ceasefire violations, including eight explosions. In the previous
OSCE SMM Spot Report 17/2021: SMM camera at the Oktiabr mine near non-government-controlled Donetsk city damaged by gunfire
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
At 15:45 on 2 July, the SMM arrived at its camera system at the Oktiabr mine (non-government-controlled, 9km north-west of Donetsk city) to conduct scheduled maintenance of a malfunctioning camera. During the maintenance, the Mission saw a hole in the front and the back of the housing of one of the cameras which was assessed as caused by a recent impact of a bullet from small-arms fire...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 152/2021 issued on 2 July 2021
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 927 ceasefire violations, including 40 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 78 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 111 ceasefire violations, including 17 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Representative commends France on prioritizing fight against trafficking and calls for strengthening victim-centred approaches
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
PARIS, 2 July 2021 – Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, concludes his five-day visit to France today. He highlighted that France has demonstrated strong commitment to fight trafficking in human beings, while noting that more efforts in implementation are needed.
OSCE Presence launches EU-funded project on trial monitoring of cases of corruption and organized crime in Albania
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
On 2 July 2021, the OSCE Presence in Albania, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to Albania, organized a kick-off event with civil society organizations introducing a European Commission funded project titled “Supporting a more effective administration of justice in corruption and organized crime cases in Albania through trial monitoring”.
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in updating the National Action Plan on the implementation of UNSCR 1540
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek organized a three-day roundtable discussion on updating the 2021–2025 National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on Effective Measures against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The event took place from 1 to 3 July 2021 in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul province.
OSCE launches new publication, ‘A Peaceful Presence: The First Five Years of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine’
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
A new OSCE publication on the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine’s (SMM) first five years of operation was launched on 2 July 2021.