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104th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 20 January 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 20 January 2022 — The 104th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, under the co-facilitation of Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Viorel Moşanu, newly appointed Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 1/2022: Armed formations denied the SMM’s passage near Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 9 January 2022
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 9 January, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied the Mission’s passage to government-controlled areas...
Poland takes over OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 1 January 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA/WARSAW, 1 January 2022 – Poland takes over the OSCE Chair today and will focus on making progress towards a peaceful resolution of conflicts in the OSCE area, in line with OSCE principles and commitments.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 51/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM’s passage near Zolote and Molodizhne, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 31 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 31 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region twice denied the Mission’s passage to government-controlled areas from non-government-controlled areas. The first denial occurred at 09:10 at the checkpoint of the armed formations near the southern edge of the disengagement area near Zolote.
The Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process meets Russian representatives
Publishing date: 29 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 December 2021 — Following a request from the Russian side, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, met today in Vienna with the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Kozak, as well as with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko. Mr. Mayr-Harting was joined by Ambassador Tobias Lorentzson, Deputy Head of the Swedish Mission to the OSCE and Ms. Beata Baranska, First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Poland to the OSCE, representing the current and incoming OSCE Chairs respectively.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 50/2021: Armed formations denied and delayed the SMM’s passage near Zolote, Molodizhne and Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 27 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 27 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region twice denied and once delayed the Mission passage to government-controlled areas...
OSCE SMM Spot Report 49/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM’s passage near Horlivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 26 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In the afternoon of 26 December, the armed formations in Donetsk region denied the Mission’s passage to government-controlled areas...