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Training canines in Kyrgyzstan to help detect potential COVID-19 cases
Publishing date: 11 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
A team of service dogs in Kyrgyzstan have now finished an eight-week training course to detect sources of heat above 37 C, which has also opened the door for these dogs to potentially help detect human body temperature increases associated with COVID-19.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 185/2021 issued on 10 August 2021
Publishing date: 10 August 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 28 ceasefire violations, including one explosion. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 116 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 75 ceasefire violations.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 184/2021 issued on 9 August 2021
Publishing date: 9 August 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, between the evenings of 6 and 8 August, the SMM recorded 168 ceasefire violations, including 63 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 96 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 6 and 8 August, the Mission recorded
The fourth one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership Course: Completion of Module three in Greece
Publishing date: 9 August 2021
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) jointly with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) concluded the third module of the fourth one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership Course on 6 August 2021. The sessions were held in a blended format at the Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Centre (MPSOTC) in Kilkis, Greece.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 183/2021 issued on 7 August 2021
Publishing date: 7 August 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 96 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 57 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 138 ceasefire violations, including 47 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 182/2021 issued on 6 August 2021
Publishing date: 6 August 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 57 ceasefire violations, including 20 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 44 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded ten ceasefire violations, including five explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Parliament in drafting Human Resources Strategy
Publishing date: 6 August 2021
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Montenegrin Parliament developed a gender-sensitive Human Resources Strategy 2021–2023 with a three-year action plan.