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OSCE Mission to Serbia supports an independent judiciary
Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Judicial independence in Serbia was the main topic of discussion at the OSCE Mission to Serbia conference held in Belgrade on 18 June 2014...
At Geneva International Discussions, OSCE Chair’s Special Representative calls for maintaining substantive dialogue
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 18 June 2014 – Addressing participants at the 28th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today, Angelo Gnädinger, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, spoke of the need to maintain substantive dialogue. He encouraged participants to move beyond their established positions, to listen and learn from each other...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 17 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation across the country was calm, except parts of Donbas where tensions remained. Donetsk city remained outwardly calm. The police estimated that several hundred thousand people have now left the city. The mood among those that remained is uncertain and anxious. Mortar fire was reported to have continued in Sloviansk. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the four monitors from the Donetsk team and four monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of blogger in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 18 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of Alexander Sodiqov after his detention in Khorog on 16 June. Sodiqov, a blogger and commentator on Tajik and Central Asia politics, has not been seen although media reports claim he was released on 17 June...
OSCE PA Annual Session: Climate change, economic regulation and migration management at center of Second Committee resolution
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 18 June 2014 – Sustained work towards a new universal climate agreement, regulations to limit the risk of financial crashes and continued attention to the economic impacts of migration are among the recommendations made by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Second Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA’s upcoming Annual Session...
OSCE Centre supports human rights protection, fair trial standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
ASTANA, 17 June 2014 – A two-day training seminar for judges on the application of international standards and mechanisms of human rights protection began today in Astana...
OSCE, EU and UNDP train Tajik law enforcement agencies on chemical substances and precursors
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2014 – Twenty-six officers from Tajik law enforcement agencies completed a training course on chemical substances and precursors today in Dushanbe. The course was organized jointly by the EU-UNDP Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) and Border Management Programme of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...