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Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 October 2016

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 4 October 2016

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with 3 October...

Press Communiqué of Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, Switzerland, 5 October 2016- The thirty-seventh round of the Geneva International Discussions has just ended.

Statement by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 5 October 2016- Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, today conducted a monitoring exercise on the Line of Contact in accordance with his mandate. This exercise took place six months after the outbreak of hostilities in early April...

Common agenda for youth in focus at OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Youth
VIENNA, 5 October 2016 – The contribution of youth to fostering dialogue and co-operation in the Euro-Mediterranean region is in focus at the two-day 2016 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which opened today in Vienna...

Reinforced dialogue and co-operation in the Mediterranean region in focus of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation’s meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 5 October 2016 – Promoting security through mutual confidence and co-operation with Mediterranean Partners, including joint work on political-military issues was high on the agenda of yesterday’s meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security and Co-operation (FSC)...

Disengagement is a key step towards full and sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine, say OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative and SMM Chief Monitor

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 5 October 2016 – Disengagement is a key step towards a full and sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine and the sides need to do more to make it a reality on the ground, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Martin Sajdik and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan in their addresses yesterday to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna...