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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 54/2020 issued on 5 March 2020
Publishing date: 5 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM saw close to its patrol a probable explosive device on a road near non-government-controlled Zaichenko, Donetsk region. It corroborated reports of three cases
“Stay strong and dedicated to this great idea!”- In memoriam: Freimut Duve (1936-2020), First OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 5 March 2020
VIENNA, 5 March 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, and his two predecessors, Dunja Mijatović and Miklós Haraszti, today issued a joint statement in memory of the first OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, who passed away last Tuesday...
OSCE assists with Uzbekistan’s attendance at the Hague Conference on Private Property Law
Publishing date: 5 March 2020
With support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, a delegation of Uzbek senior government officials participated at the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private Property Law (HCCH) held in The Hague from 3 to 6 March, 2020.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 53/2020 issued on 4 March 2020
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote, and Petrivske. It saw de-miners of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Emmanuel Decaux addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Professor Emmanuel Decaux addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 27 February 2020, where he invited signatory and third-party States to join the 34 States that are currently party to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
OSCE seminar addresses interaction between state institutions and media in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Representatives of key ministries and government bodies and journalists from online, print and broadcast media participated in a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on 3 and 4 March 2020 on the efficient interaction between state institutions and the media...
Belarus early parliamentary elections 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Following the early parliamentary elections in Belarus on 17 November 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. The report offers 32 recommendations to improve the conduct of elections and increase the transparency of and public