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Ways to engage young migrants in public and political life explored at Warsaw event
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Migration
Engaging young people with a migrant background in political and public life was the focus of discussions at an event held in Warsaw on 19 September 2019, during the annual OSCE human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). The event, organized jointly by the OSCE
OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls for repeal of controversial amendments to Slovak Press Act
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
WARSAW, 19 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, reiterated his concerns today over the controversial amendments to the Statute on Periodic Press and News Agencies of Slovakia (Press Act) establishing a right of reply for political leaders and public figures, which passed the second reading in the parliament of Slovakia this week...
OSCE Secretary General hails progress in the settlement process, pledges support to the removal of ammunition from Cobasna
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 19 September 2019 – The progress achieved by Chisinau and Tiraspol in the Transdniestrian settlement process brings a positive change to local populations and provides a good example of conflict resolution for the whole OSCE area, said OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger during a three-day visit to the Republic of Moldova, which concluded today.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 84th Russian convoy of ten vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 September at 06:11 (Moscow time), the eighty-fourth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of ten vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All ten vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:52 on 19 September...
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly focus of ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The latest challenges to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE region were discussed at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 September 2019 during ODIHR’s annual human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 September 2019
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 18 September 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 September 2019:
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 221/2019 issued on 18 September 2019
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas placing concrete plates under