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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Deportation of journalist from Ukraine to Turkey reason for concern, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 19 July 2018
VIENNA, 19 July 2018- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his great concern in a letter to Ukrainian authorities following the recent detention and extradition of a journalist to Turkey.
Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship to work towards boosting multilateralism and conflict prevention, State Secretary Lukáš Parízek tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 19 July 2018
VIENNA, 19 July 2018 – Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship next year will pursue strategies that boost multilateralism, promote conflict prevention and focus on addressing the needs of people, said the country’s Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Lukáš Parízek in Vienna today, as he addressed the Permanent Council on the incoming Chairmanship’s priority areas...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 17 July 2018
Publishing date: 18 July 2018
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations near and observed again military presence inside the Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three areas as well as, again, in areas of Donetsk region outside government control near Zaichenko and Bezimenne. The SMM continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station, including through monitoring the security situation around the station, as well as repairs and maintenance works to critical civilian infrastructure near Zalizne, Artema, Zaitseve and Novotoshkivske. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a gathering outside the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office...
Slovenia holds last meeting as Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 18 July 2018
VIENNA, 18 July 2018 – Slovenia worked towards restoring confidence and advancing meaningful dialogue among OSCE participating States and placed particular focus on the role of women in security processes, said Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the OSCE Ambassador Andrej Benedejčič as he opened the last meeting of the FSC as Chair...
ODIHR final report on Azerbaijan’s presidential election recommends bringing legal framework in line with international standards and obligations
Publishing date: 18 July 2018
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 11 April 2018 early presidential election in Azerbaijan recommends that electoral legislation be revised through a genuine participatory and consultative process, sufficiently in advance of the next
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 17 July 2018
Publishing date: 17 July 2018
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 has increased at both BCPs...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports opening of Centre for Public Environmental Awareness
Publishing date: 17 July 2018
An Information Resource Centre for Public Environmental Awareness and Culture and Improving People’s Ecological Knowledge was opened by the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan, with the support of the Group of Ecological Movement Deputies within the Legislative House of Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Oliy Majlis, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, on 17 July 2018 in Tashkent...