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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General call for removal of impediments on Ukraine Monitoring Mission’s freedom of movement, urge de-escalation
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 20 October 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid expressed deep concern over the continuing freedom of movement restrictions faced by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) in non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 246/2021 issued on 20 October 2021
Publishing date: 20 October 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 216 ceasefire violations, including 16 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 255 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 53 ceasefire violations, including two explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports development of questionnaire for police officers interviewing trafficking in human beings victims
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
Building on previous work supporting the Ministry of Interior and Police Directorate in combating trafficking in human beings, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day workshop to support the drafting of guidelines for police officers when conducting interviews with persons suspected of being trafficked on 19 and 20 October 2021 in Podgorica...
International relations and parliamentary diplomacy focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro workshops for Parliament
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
In co-operation with Parliament, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized two training modules for members of Parliament and parliamentary staff on parliamentary diplomacy, international relations and European integration, on 7 and 8 October and on 18 and 19 October 2021, in Podgorica...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on Tajikistan’s draft Information Code
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a public discussion and presentation of the draft Information Code of Tajikistan on 14 October 2021 in Bokhtar, the Khatlon region.
OSCE Programme Office supports a series of seminars on enhancing the role and capacity of local self-governance bodies
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
An OSCE-supported series of seminars on enhancing the role and capacity of maslikhats (local self-governance bodies) was launched, in a blended format, from 19 October to 23 November 2021. The event covers all fourteen provinces and the three major cities – Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent. Some 140 deputies of the district, city and province-level maslikhats of the Kostanay province attended the first event.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 245/2021 issued on 19 October 2021
Publishing date: 19 October 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 255 ceasefire violations, including 29 explosions. In the previous 24 hours it recorded 522 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 135 ceasefire violations, including 36 explosions. In the previous reporting 24 hours,