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Representatives of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), like the Ukrainian members of the JCCC pictured in the Petrivske-Bohdanivka area above (September 2016), should assist the sides in disengaging and assist in ensuring free and safe access for the SMM monitors to verify the process. Disengagement can help the forces and formations prevent skirmishes and reduce fear of an impending attack.

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A demining expert at work in Zolote, Luhansk region, September 2016. Even though some areas have been demined, mines still constitute a serious risk that affects people on a daily basis. So far, little effort by the sides to demine has been observed.

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Mined area in Petrivske, Donetsk region, September 2016. For the SMM to do its job, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed formations must provide monitors with free and safe access to the areas agreed for disengagement. Only with access, can the SMM verify compliance and help to build trust between the sides to enable sustainable ceasefire.

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SMM monitors patrolling in Petrivske, Donetsk region, September 2016. As part of its mandate, the SMM will monitor the process of disengagement and compliance in the Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska areas.

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After safe and secure access is ensured for SMM monitors in disengagement areas and in the new locations for armed forces/formations and hardware after disengagement, the SMM will monitor and verify the disengagement process on a constant basis by means of patrolling and remote observation in the agreed disengagement areas.

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(l-r) Ambassador Martin Sajdik, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, and Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, at a meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna, 4 October 2016.

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Chairperson-in-Office, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, attends a "mine awareness kit" presentation at the OSCE patrol hub in Kramatorsk, 15 September 2016.

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Monitoring Officer Maria Torelm demonstrates how to fly an SMM UAV during a site visit by Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, and OSCE SMM Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan to the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on 8 September 2016.

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The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, and OSCE SMM Chief Monitor, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan visit the Kramatorsk Hub on 8 September 2016.

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The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, and OSCE SMM Chief Monitor, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan visit the Kramatorsk Hub on 8 September 2016.

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Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, speaks to Monitoring Officers and other staff of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on 8 September 2016.

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Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visits the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM)

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The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, and OSCE SMM Chief Monitor, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan visit the Kramatorsk Hub on 8 September, 2016.