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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 148/2020 issued on 23 June 2020

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a sharp increase in Luhansk region. The SMM camera near Shyrokyne was damaged. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing

OSCE PA leadership meeting with Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Liechtenstein provides forum to share common challenges related to COVID-19

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2020 – In the latest of a series of informal web dialogues between OSCE PA leadership and national delegations, Assembly President George Tsereteli and Secretary General Roberto Montella met today with leaders from Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Liechtenstein.

First online workshop on intelligence-led policing held in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
A first ever online training workshop on intelligence-led policing (ILP), a modern proactive model for policing and law enforcement management, was held on 23 June 2020, for some 20 senior representatives of Turkmen law enforcement agencies...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 23 June 2020

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
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). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.

OSCE organizes webinar on anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
A two-day online training on anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing (AML/CFT) concluded in Nur-Sultan on 23 June 2020. Some 50 government officials from law-enforcement agencies and the financial sector participated in the event.

OSCE PA webinar explores challenges faced by minorities and vulnerable populations during COVID-19 pandemic

Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: National minority issues
COPENHAGEN, 22 June 2020 – Noting that racism and discrimination against ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities have been on the rise during the COVID-19 crisis, participants at an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly webinar said today that public officials have a duty to speak out against intolerance and to work in favour of social cohesion. The pandemic and related measures, if not carefully managed, have the potential to fuel discrimination, threaten stability and undermine security, they emphasized...

OSCE Permanent Council Chair Hasani and Secretary General Greminger urge sides to ensure security of OSCE SMM to Ukraine personnel and assets

Publishing date: 22 June 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 22 June 2020 – The Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Igli Hasani, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger expressed their deep concern about a recent serious incident involving threats to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) personnel and assets...