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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE parliamentarians in Turkey note security challenges, call for continued attention to democratic institutions
Publishing date: 8 June 2017
ANKARA, 8 June 2017 – A senior delegation of parliamentarians from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today concluded a series of meetings in Istanbul and Ankara, and noted the extraordinary challenges faced by Turkey, including from terrorism, large migration flows, and the aftermath of the July 2016 failed coup...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 7 June 2017
Publishing date: 8 June 2017
MINSK, 8 June 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 7 June 2017:..
78th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
On 7 June 2017, the 78th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti in an open and constructive atmosphere...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 6 June 2017
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
In Donetsk region the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations and fewer explosions compared with the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations and more than eight times the number of explosions. The SMM confirmed three civilian casualties from Kruta Balka and observed impact sites in Pavlopil. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations in Zolote. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* In violation of withdrawal lines, an SMM unmanned aerial vehicle spotted a tank near Bezimenne. The Mission monitored demining and facilitated electrical repairs at Donetsk Water Filtration Station. The SMM monitored one border area not under government control in Dovzhanskyi...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 6 June 2017
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
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 decreased at both BCPs...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 5 June 2017
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. Its access remained restricted there and in non-government controlled areas of Donetsk region.* The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines and noted weapons missing from holding sites. It confirmed a number of civilian casualties in the Petrovskyi district of Donetsk city, Krasnohorivka and Staromykhailivka, including the death of a woman and the wounding of a nine-year-old boy. The SMM also observed recent shelling damage in the Petrovskyi district and Staromykhailivka. The SMM visited a border area not under Government control...
Press release by the OSCE Chairmanship regarding monitoring exercises conducted by the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
VIENNA, 6 June 2017 – Responding to media enquiries, a spokesperson of the OSCE Chairmanship today said...