Crucial aspects of the lives of civilians in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine depend on their ability to cross the contact line. In 2020, the freedom of movement of civilians in this regard remains a key concern for the OSCE SMM. This report covers the period from 1 November 2019 to 15 November 2020 and notes new procedures in place, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statement by the German EU Presidency on the situation in and around Ukraine

Publishing date: 25 November 2020

Collections: 962nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Content type: Statement / speech

Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

962nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

English

Statement by the Delegation of Ukraine on the situation in and around Ukraine

Publishing date: 25 November 2020

Collections: 962nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Content type: Statement / speech

Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

962nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

English

Journal of the 1295th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Publishing date: 10 December 2020

Collections: 1295th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Permanent Council

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Addresses by the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Rabbi Andrew Baker, Ambassador Mehmet Paçacı, and Professor Regina Polak. Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. P. Maurer (Armenia, Annex 1). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Germany, also on behalf of France, Annex 2). Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 3). Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December. Violations of freedom of the media in Latvia. So-called elections in the Transdniestrian breakaway region of the Republic of Moldova. Concerns about democratic standards and violations of international obligations by the authorities in Ukraine. Joint statement by the heads of delegations of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Armenia, Annex 5). Victory Day in Patriotic War of Azerbaijan on 8 November 2020 (Azerbaijan, Annex 6). Presidential election in Portugal, to be held on 24 January 2021.