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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 262/2020 issued on 3 November 2020

Publishing date: 3 November 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded no ceasefire violations in either region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. Inside the

Sustainable development and security are part of the same equation, note participants of OSCE 2020 Mediterranean conference

Publishing date: 3 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities, Gender equality, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 3 November 2020 – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other challenges, high-level political representatives of the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation addressed today the complex link between sustainable development and security at the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference fully held online...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 November 2020

Publishing date: 3 November 2020
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...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Ministry of Sports and Youth to strengthen capacities of municipal youth focal points

Publishing date: 3 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Youth
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Montenegrin Ministry of Sports and Youth organized a two-day workshop on strengthening the capacities of municipal youth focal points on 2 and 3 November 2020 in Budva...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 261/2020 issued on 2 November 2020

Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Between the evenings of 30 October and 1 November, the SMM recorded nine ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 30 October and 1 November, the Mission recorded no ceasefire

On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, OSCE PA’s Montella recalls assassination of Shevki Popova, urges justice

Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
WASHINGTON, 2 November 2020 – Observing today’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Roberto Montella emphasized the vital role that journalists play bringing information to the public and stressed that much more must be done to ensure justice for the perpetrators of violence against journalists.

Time to walk the talk: OSCE Media Freedom Office launches new Guide with concrete action proposals to safeguard online safety of female journalists

Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 2 November 2020 – The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) launched today a new Resource Guide, which contains action proposals on how to ensure the safety of female journalists online. It identifies a way forward and provides a list of useful resources and examples of existing measures and good practices...