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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA’s economic and environmental committee leaders applaud historic effort to contain Chernobyl contamination
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
COPENHAGEN, 29 November 2016 – Welcoming the unveiling of a giant new dome being placed over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s fourth reactor in Ukraine – the site 30 years ago of the worst accident in the history of nuclear power in the world – the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today issued the following statement...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports constitutional reform on enhancing judicial independence
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
BELGRADE, 29 November 2016 – More than 200 judges and experts from Serbia discussed the constitutional reform process during a conference organized by the Supreme Court of Cassation, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Council of Europe today in Belgrade...
Expert meeting on strengthening independence of national human rights institutions in OSCE region concludes in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
More than 30 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), international organizations and academia took part in an expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2016.
Judges trained on environmental matters at OSCE event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil cases took place on 29 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE promotes community-policing approach in countering violent extremism in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
TASHKENT, 29 November 2016 – A two-day national seminar on community-policing approach to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE, began today in Tashkent...
As Republic of Moldova drafts its first Holocaust Action Plan, OSCE Mission supports Moldovan delegation at IHRA plenary
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
From 6 to 10 November, the OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in Iasi, Romania. A priority for the delegation was to receive input for the first ever Moldovan Holocaust Action Plan, by drawing on best practices from other countries’ experiences. Romania in particular provided helpful insights to the Moldovan delegation, including by hosting a visit to the Iasi Jewish cemetery and to a former Holocaust killing site, which now serves as a museum.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 27 November 2016
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations between the evenings of 25 and 26 November and fewer ceasefire violations between the evenings of 26 and 27 November, compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM recorded the majority of ceasefire violations in the area north-east of Mariupol and around the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata-Donetsk airport area. In Luhansk region the SMM observed ceasefire violations between the evenings of 25 and 26 November and the evenings of 26 and 27 November; it had observed none in the previous reporting period. All of the ceasefire violations were recorded in the western part of Luhansk region. The SMM continued to monitor the disengagement areas in Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, and faced restrictions of its freedom of movement in all three areas.* It lost contact with a mini unmanned aerial vehicle north-east of Mariupol.* The Mission monitored three border areas not controlled by the Government. The SMM observed a public gathering near the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv...