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Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chair in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group Sajdik after Meeting of TCG and working groups in Minsk on 4 Sep 2019
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
MINSK, 4 September 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 4 September 2019:...
OSCE trains border management professionals in applying democratic security sector governance to border security management
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
BRATISLAVA, 4 September 2019 –A three-day advanced training course exploring the connection between security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) and border security management, hosted by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, concluded today.
Strong partnerships key for security in the digital era – main message from opening of 2019 OSCE Asian Conference in Tokyo
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
Tokyo, 2 September 2019 – Speaker after speaker reconfirmed that strengthening co-operation between OSCE participating States and its Asian Partners for Co-operation is key to achieving comprehensive security in the digital era at today’s opening of the 20th Asian Conference in Japan.
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chair in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Sajdik
Publishing date: 29 August 2019
KYIV, 29 August 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement:
95th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 29 August 2019
ERGNETI, 29 August 2019- The 95th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Erik Høeg, Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Rudolf Michalka, Special Representative for the South Caucasus of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on 29 August 2019...
Press Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID)
Publishing date: 28 August 2019
BRATISLAVA / BRUSSELS / GENEVA, 28 August 2019- The recent developments in the Gugutiantkari area have raised tensions on the ground and have humanitarian consequences for the local people.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 21 August 2019
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. • The Mission continued to monitor the situation in the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. • The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. • The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure, including repairs to a phenol sludge reservoir. • Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including at checkpoints in non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske and Donetsk city’s Petrovskyi district.