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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 215/2019 issued on 11 September 2019

Publishing date: 11 September 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM saw damage to civilian houses due to shelling in Roza and damage to a school and a kindergarten in Kozatske. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska

OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates forensic equipment to national Forensic Centre

Publishing date: 11 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Policing
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated forensic equipment valued at €33,700 to the Forensic Centre in Danilovgrad on 11 September 2019...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 214/2019 issued on 10 September 2019

Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. One woman was reportedly killed and another injured by an explosive device in Spartak. A house was damaged by small-arms fire in Novoluhanske. Inside the Stanytsia

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 September 2019

Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
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...

Shortcomings abound following changes to the nomination and appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Georgia, ODIHR report finds

Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
WARSAW, 10 September 2019 – The nomination and appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Georgia is lacking transparency and accountability despite some positive measures to build public trust in the judiciary, according to a new report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

OSCE continues to support Kyrgyzstan's efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1540

Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-day roundtable discussion on the 2017-2019 National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is taking place from 9 to 11 September 2019 in the Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan...

Officials and experts deliver strong message at high-level Bratislava conference: security sector governance and reform can prevent conflict, and is worth investing in

Publishing date: 9 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRATISLAVA, 9 September 2019 – Some 160 representatives, policy makers and national security advisers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts and practitioners from international and regional organizations and academia, attended today in Bratislava the fourth thematic conference of the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chair, which focused on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R). In particular, the conference sought to unpack the role of SSG/R in preventing conflict, sustaining peace and promoting comprehensive security for all.