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Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 05 January 2021
Publishing date: 5 January 2021
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs).
Roberto Montella begins second five-year term as Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 5 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 5 January 2021 – Roberto Montella of Italy has begun a second five-year term as Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, following his re-election by the Assembly’s Standing Committee at the 2019 Luxembourg Annual Session.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 1/2021 issued on 4 January 2021
Publishing date: 4 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Between the evenings of 30 December 2020 and 3 January 2021, the SMM recorded 145 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 68 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. On 1 January, it
OSCE PA to deploy observers for the 10 January parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 January 2021
COPENHAGEN, 4 January 2021 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will deploy seven parliamentarians and staff from five countries to observe the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan this Sunday. The PA’s observer team will focus its efforts in the capital, Nur-Sultan, and will work closely with long-term observers deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Altogether, the OSCE will have some 30 observers in the country.
Sweden takes over OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 1 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Vienna/Stockholm, 1 January 2021 — Sweden takes over the OSCE Chair today, and will in the coming year focus on defending the European security order, addressing protracted conflicts and enhancing democracy and gender equality.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 310/2020 issued on 31 December 2020
Publishing date: 31 December 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 58 ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded 26 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 37 ceasefire violations in the
In final act of Albanian OSCE Chairmanship, Prime Minister Rama signs the PA’s OSCE Call for Action
Publishing date: 31 December 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 31 December 2020 – As the 2020 OSCE Chairmanship comes to a close, the Chairperson-in-Office for the year, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, signed the Parliamentary Assembly’s “OSCE Call for Action.” In doing so, Rama joined his predecessors as well as other leaders of OSCE institutions, former Secretaries General and OSCE PA Presidents in calling for streamlining and refocusing OSCE activities to confront key challenges in fields where the Organization has deep expertise and a comparative advantage...