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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to Canton 10 Ministry of Education
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as part of its wider initiative to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in its pandemic response, on 29 May 2020 in Livno, provided IT equipment for the Ministry of Education Canton 10...
Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis should help revitalize multilateralism, OSCE Secretary General Greminger tells PA leaders
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
COPENHAGEN, 29 May 2020 – Addressing the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in an online forum today, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger discussed the challenges that COVID-19 is posing to multilateral diplomacy and highlighted how the OSCE has responded with flexibility and resilience in the face of the crisis...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 126/2020 issued on 28 May 2020
Publishing date: 28 May 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* The
OSCE organizes online consultations on combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 May 2020
Officials from Turkmenistan’s institutions and representatives of non-governmental entities, involved in the Eurasian Group on combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG)ut Mual Evaluation process are participating in OSCE-organized online consultations from 27 to 30 May 2020 in Ashgabat.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 27 May 2020
Publishing date: 28 May 2020
KYIV, 28 May 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its working groups through video-conferencing:...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 125/2020 issued on 27 May 2020
Publishing date: 27 May 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at a checkpoint along an official crossing route in Luhansk region.* The Mission
Tajikistan parliamentary elections 2020: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 27 May 2020
ODIHR recommendations on Tajikistan 2020 elections ODIHR final report on the 2020 Tajikistan parliamentary elections The 2020 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan took place in a tightly controlled environment in which there was no space left for a pluralistic political debate and voters did not