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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 4/2020 issued on 7 January 2020
Publishing date: 7 January 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside the disengagement area near Zolote, the SMM saw a tailfin from a rocket-propelled grenade for the first time. The Mission continued monitoring the security
ODIHR opens election observation mission in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 7 January 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 7 January 2020 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission (EOM) for the 9 February early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Azerbaijani authorities...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 3/2020 issued on 6 January 2020
Publishing date: 6 January 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 3 and 4 January, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 4 and 5 January, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 2/2020 issued on 4 January 2020
Publishing date: 4 January 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It saw a towed howitzer in
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 1/2020 issued on 3 January 2020
Publishing date: 3 January 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 30 and 31 December 2019, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and
OSCE Programme Office launches EU-funded project on Green Border Protection and Emergency Response
Publishing date: 2 January 2020
On 1 January 2020, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe launched a EUR 3.3 million project on the “Stabilization of Tajikistan’s southern border region with Afghanistan”, funded within the framework of the European Union’s Foreign Policy Instrument. The 18-month project aims to increase the professional capability of the Tajik and Afghan Border Services in order to better tackle illicit activities in border areas.
Implementing political commitments together, making a difference on the ground continuing to strengthen dialogue to define Albania’s 2020 OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 1 January 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Main Website
Vienna/Tirana, 1 January 2020 – “Taking over the OSCE Chair is a truly historic moment for Albania: from a country under a cruel communist regime that opposed the Helsinki spirit, we have become one honored to lead this organization. Chairing the OSCE marks the highlight of our significant transformation,” said Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Edi Rama today as he assumed the post of Chairperson-in-Office of the regional security organization.