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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 263/2020 issued on 4 November 2020
Publishing date: 4 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 27 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and seven in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska,
Highly competitive elections in US tarnished by legal uncertainty and unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust, international observers say
Publishing date: 4 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON D.C., 4 November 2020 – Yesterday’s vote was hard-fought and competitive with a high degree of engagement by election workers and citizens in the face of great legal uncertainty and a highly polarised political environment fuelled by aggressive campaign rhetoric, international observers to the US general elections said in a statement today.
OSCE Mission and British Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina condemn attacks and pressures on journalists
Publishing date: 4 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 4 November 2020- Ambassadors Kathleen Kavalec, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and Matt Field, British Ambassador to BiH, strongly condemn all attacks and undue pressure on the media in the country, including the most recent attack on a BNTV female journalist, threats against columnists Dragan Bursać and Srđan Puhalo and web portals such as klix.ba and inforadar.ba...
OSCE Presence in Albania trains members of National Forum of Youth with Visual Impairments on organizational and strategic planning skills
Publishing date: 4 November 2020
Twenty young people from the National Forum of Youth with Visual Impairments participated in an event organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania aimed at enhancing their organizational and strategic planning skills. The event was held from 31 October to 4 November 2020 in Tirana...
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
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
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...