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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 63/2021 issued on 18 March 2021
Publishing date: 18 March 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 44 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 30 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it also recorded no ceasefire violations in
OSCE organizes workshop in Kazakhstan on law enforcement agencies’ responses to COVID-19 pandemic
Publishing date: 18 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Law enforcement agencies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and international best practices were the focus of an online OSCE workshop for Ministry of internal affairs officials, law enforcement officers and health authorities in Kazakhstan held on 18 March 2021.
OSCE roundtable discussion addresses potential impact of vaccine travel documents on participating States
Publishing date: 18 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
How vaccine “passports” could impact border security agencies’ operations in the OSCE area was the focus of an online roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE on 18 March 2021.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 17 March 2021
Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 17 March 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde visits Armenia
Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
YEREVAN, 16 March 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, concluded a working visit to Armenia today.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde visits Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BAKU, 15 March 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, paid a working visit to Azerbaijan today.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 62/2021 issued on 17 March 2021
Publishing date: 17 March 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 30 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 93 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded one ceasefire violation in the