Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Jan Braathu. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Seventh anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Peaceful protests and police violence in some Western European States (Netherlands, Annex 2; Germany, Annex 3; Belgium, Annex 4; Greece, Annex 5; Switzerland, Annex 6). The Russian Federation’s intensifying campaign against independent media. International Day to Combat Islamophobia, observed on 15 March 2021 (Turkey, Annex 7). Need for new dialogue in Belarus. Events in the human dimension in 2021. International Francophonie Day, to be observed on 20 March 2021, and French Language and Francophonie Week, being observed from 13 to 21 March 2021.

Outcome Document of the Webinar: Terrorist Use of the Internet- Designation of Illicit Content Online and Gaps in Regulatory Frameworks

Publishing date: 9 April 2021

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Secretariat

What we do: Countering terrorism

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Outcome Document of the webinar, Terrorist Use of the Internet — Designation of Illicit Content Online and Gaps in Regulatory Frameworks, which was organized on 12 March 2021 by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), with the support of

Restrictions to the SMM’s freedom of movement and other impediments to the fulfilment of its mandate (July – December 2020)

Publishing date: 9 April 2021

Collections: Thematic Reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Content type: Report

Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

This report provides an updated overview of the freedom of movement restrictions and other impediments that the OSCE SMM faced in implementing its mandate in the last six months of 2020.

Journal of the 969th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 24 February 2021

Collections: 969th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation

What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 1/21 on the agenda, timetable, and modalities for the tenth Annual Discussion on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security. FSC Chairperson’s statement regarding Covid-19 and implementation and verification activities under the Vienna Document (Chairperson, Annex 1). Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 2; Russian Federation, Annex 3). Security Dialogue: Explosive Hazards in Central Asia: – Presentation by Mr. J. Henick, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State; – Presentation by Mr. J. Guilbert, Chief of Programs, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, US Department of State; – Presentation by Mr. M. Ibrohimzoda, Director of Tajikistan National Mine Action Center; – Presentation by Ms. T. Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Project on International Commerce, Security, and Economic Statecraft Center for Policy Research, State University of New York at Albany (FSC Co-ordinator for Assistance Projects on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Austria), Annex 4; Austria, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia), Annex 7). Call for voluntary submissions for the women, peace and security section of the 2021 Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security (FSC Co-ordinator for Matters Related to UNSCR 1325 (Albania), also on behalf of the FSC Co-ordinator for the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security (Switzerland), Annex 8).