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ODIHR calls for restraint and respect for the democratic process following US election unrest
Publishing date: 7 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 7 January 2021 – Watching the increasingly disquieting events unfolding in the United States capital in recent hours following the November general elections, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) voices its concern regarding the integrity of the democratic process, and calls on all sides to keep to the principles of democracy and the rule of law.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 3/2021 issued on 6 January 2021
Publishing date: 6 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded ten ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded 208 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region, the majority of them assessed as a live-fire exercise outside the security
Jan Braathu takes up duties as Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 6 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 5 January 2021 – Jan Braathu, a Norwegian career diplomat of ambassador rank, assumed his duties as Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia on 1 January 2021.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General call for a peaceful return to order in Washington D.C.
Publishing date: 6 January 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 6 JANUARY 2021- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid called for a peaceful return to order and respect for the democratic process in Washington DC, in response to the developments in and around the Capitol Building.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 2/2021 issued on 5 January 2021
Publishing date: 5 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 112 ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded one ceasefire violation in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the region. The SMM
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