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Challenges of new generation warfare discussed at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 12 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 12 May 2021 — How technological advances contribute to a new generation of warfare and the challenges this presents was discussed at an OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting held online today under the Armenian FSC Chairmanship.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 108/2021 issued on 12 May 2021

Publishing date: 12 May 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 112 ceasefire violations, including 66 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 200 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 17

OSCE Media Freedom Representative meets with Belarusian Union of Journalists

Publishing date: 12 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, met with representatives of the Belarusian Union of Journalists (BUJ) online yesterday, 11 May 2021, to discuss the current state of freedom of expression and media freedom in Belarus.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 107/2021 issued on 11 May 2021

Publishing date: 11 May 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 200 ceasefire violations, including 128 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 108 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 17 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it

On the 10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention, OSCE leaders stress its importance for progressing towards gender equality

Publishing date: 11 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA/WARSAW, 11 May 2020- Marking the 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, OSCE leaders today underlined the importance of this landmark treaty that provides legal standards so that women and girls can live their lives free from violence and abuse.

OSCE conference works to foster regional co-operation in countering terrorist financing and transnational organized crime

Publishing date: 11 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
Fostering regional co-operation in addressing terrorist financing and organized crime was the focus of the OSCE Regional Conference on Countering Terrorist Financing and Transnational Organized Crime held online on 11 May 2021.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 11 May 2021

Publishing date: 11 May 2021
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.