News and press releases

International and national efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 and pursuant resolutions that aim to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and stop them from falling into the hands of non-state actors were discussed in the Forum for Security-Co-operation on 7 June 2017...

The Mission to Montenegro organized a discussion in Podgorica on 7 June 2017 focusing on the gender mainstreaming commitments of Montenegro’s municipalities stemming from the Memoranda of Understanding on gender equality that were signed between the Mission, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and all 23 municipalities between 2007 and 2015...

Strengthening the capacity of government experts from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to resolve and investigate kidnapping situations was the focus of a four-day training course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and in co-operation with the Spanish National Police from 5 to 8 June 2017 at the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a series of training courses for Turkmenistan’s customs and law enforcement officials on interdicting drugs and chemical precursors from 29 May to 7 June 2017...

On 7 June 2017, the 78th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti in an open and constructive atmosphere...

In Donetsk region the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations and fewer explosions compared with the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations and more than eight times the number of explosions. The SMM confirmed three civilian casualties from Kruta Balka and observed impact sites in Pavlopil. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations in Zolote. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* In violation of withdrawal lines, an SMM unmanned aerial vehicle spotted a tank near Bezimenne. The Mission monitored demining and facilitated electrical repairs at Donetsk Water Filtration Station. The SMM monitored one border area not under government control in Dovzhanskyi...

A training course on combating trafficking in human beings, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the BiH Ministry of Security for officers of the Border Police and the Service for Foreigners' Affairs, concluded on 7 June 2017 in Sarajevo...