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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Strengthen implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, urge speakers at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 13 March 2020
VIENNA, 13 March 2020- The pivotal role of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and post-conflict rehabilitation was highlighted during Wednesday’s meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) under Turkey’s FSC Chairmanship, which focused on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The speakers urged the implementation of the Resolution, recognizing that equal participation and full involvement of women in all efforts for maintaining and promoting peace and security is of utmost importance...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 60/2020 issued on 12 March 2020
Publishing date: 12 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM observed craters and damage to civilian property in a residential area of Syhnalne, Donetsk region. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 11 March 2020
Publishing date: 12 March 2020
MINSK, 12 March 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 11 March 2020:..
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 59/2020 issued on 11 March 2020
Publishing date: 11 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. A man and woman were injured due to the detonation of mines near Mykolaivka in Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas near
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 58/2020 issued on 10 March 2020
Publishing date: 10 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It again saw deminers from government-controlled areas enter
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 March 2020
Publishing date: 10 March 2020
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 compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 57/2020 issued on 9 March 2020
Publishing date: 9 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 6 and 7 March, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 7 and 8 March, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in