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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 127/2020 issued on 29 May 2020
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* The
OSCE SMM Spot Report 27/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
From 23 to 29 May, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: five times in Donetsk region and four times in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also
OSCE helps Albania’s anti-trafficking officials develop first simulation training
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Preparations for the first ever Albanian anti-trafficking simulation-based training started at an online meeting on 29 May 2020. The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking presented Albania’s group of experts that will design the specific training for Albania with the methodology of this flagship OSCE approach to capacity-building in this field...
OSCE Presence donates personal protection equipment to Albania’s Border Police
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
At the imminent opening of Albania’s borders, the OSCE Presence, on 28 May 2020 in Tirana, donated personal protection equipment against COVID-19, worth 20,000 euro, to Albania’s Border Police...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media concerned about blocking of website in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 29 May 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today about Tajikistan’s Supreme Court ruling to block access to the Akhbor.com news site in the country on the grounds of providing a platform to “terrorist and extremist organizations”...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to Canton 10 Ministry of Education
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as part of its wider initiative to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in its pandemic response, on 29 May 2020 in Livno, provided IT equipment for the Ministry of Education Canton 10...
Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis should help revitalize multilateralism, OSCE Secretary General Greminger tells PA leaders
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 29 May 2020 – Addressing the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in an online forum today, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger discussed the challenges that COVID-19 is posing to multilateral diplomacy and highlighted how the OSCE has responded with flexibility and resilience in the face of the crisis...