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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 16 September 2020
Publishing date: 17 September 2020
KYIV, 17 September 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing...
Parliamentary input, greater urgency from governments needed to address climate crisis, say OSCE parliamentarians at webinar
Publishing date: 17 September 2020
COPENHAGEN, 16 September 2020 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s webinar today, entitled “From the Arctic to Global: The Political Role in addressing Climate Change,” featured the participation of some 50 parliamentarians and experts for a discussion on the effects of climate change in the Arctic and beyond. The PA’s Special Representative on Arctic Issues, Norwegian parliamentarian Torill Eidsheim, opened the event, followed by keynote addresses by the Arctic Council’s Adalheidur Thorsteinsdottir, the UN’s Daniele Violetti, and Prof. Tore Furevik, Director of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 221/2020 issued on 16 September 2020
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
Summary The SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in either Donetsk or Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded four ceasefire violations in Donetsk and none in Luhansk region. The SMM followed up on reports of a man injured by an explosive object while working in a field in
Spot Report 39/2020: SMM camera near government-controlled Berezove disconnected from its power supply
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
At 10:20 on 15 September, during a scheduled maintenance of its camera system located near Berezove (government-controlled, 31km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM saw that the power cable located in the meter box that provided the camera with electricity was disconnected and that the system was
OSCE Mission presents Judge Korner’s report on war crimes processing at state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
SARAJEVO, 16 September 2020 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented today in Sarajevo the report by Judge Joanna Korner on war crimes processing at the state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE supports workshop on strengthening capacity of government agencies in COVID-19 response by promoting women’s participation
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
An OSCE-supported 6-day intensive workshop on the “Activities of state bodies during state of emergencies and emergency situations: interaction and problems. The role of women employees during emergencies", concluded today, 16 September, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
Partnerships between governments, civil society and private sector crucial to counter-terrorism efforts, concludes OSCE-wide Conference
Publishing date: 15 September 2020
VIENNA, 15 September 2020 – We need to strengthen partnerships between governments, civil society and the private sector in efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism (VERLT), participants of the 2020 OSCE Chairmanship Counter-Terrorism Conference concluded at the end of the two-day meeting in Vienna today...