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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 289/2021 issued on 9 December 2021
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 815 ceasefire violations, including 146 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 145 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 32 ceasefire violations, including ten explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE SMM Spot Report 39/2021: Armed formations delayed the SMM’s passage across the contact line near Olenivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
At 08:12 on 9 December, at a checkpoint near Olenivka (non-government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk), Donetsk region, a member of the armed formations delayed the passage of an SMM patrol with Deputy Chief Monitor Mark Etherington on board...
OSCE SMM Spot Report 38/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM’s passage near Zolote and Molodizhne, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 9 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied the SMM passage to non-government-controlled areas twice. The SMM patrols were travelling from government-controlled areas...
OSCE helps improve border security of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: News
What we do: Border management
To help improve border security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to BiH, held a training course on identifying forged travel documents for instructors at the Agency for Education and Professional Training of the BiH Ministry of Security, from 6 to 10 December 2021 in Mostar.
OSCE Presence in Albania brings together human rights institutions from Western Balkans
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, on 9 December 2021 the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a regional roundtable discussion for equality bodies and independent human rights institutions. Representatives from the Western Balkans discussed, in the hybrid-format meeting, their role and interactions with respect to judicial proceedings.
Best practices of the Operating Aarhus Centre discussed at an OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
An online seminar on how to make the work of Aarhus Centres sustainable was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on December 9, 2021. Its participants presented best practices from OSCE participating States in implementing effective approaches for making them sustainable, taking into account their legal status
OSCE supports training on basic business skills for rural women in Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 December 2021