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 Recent developments in Ukraine have highlighted the urgent need to intensify our efforts to bridge differences between participating States of the OSCE – and support dialogue between communities and people.
This is what the OSCE was created to do, and this is what it is now doing in Ukraine. With the risk of Ukrainian society becoming sharply polarized along political, ethnic, and social lines, the OSCE is actively working with all sides to de-escalate tensions, prevent further violence and support constructive national dialogue.
From high-level diplomacy, to monitoring, fact-finding and other missions, the OSCE has been supporting a search for solutions to the crisis – solutions based on dialogue, co-operation and restored trust.
The first issue of OSCE Link has been created to provide an in-depth overview of how the OSCE has been involved and and how we are responding to the situation in Ukraine. I invite you to subscribe.
Lamberto Zannier
OSCE Secretary General
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Ukraine, a developing story
Find out how the OSCE responds to the situation in Ukraine
The OSCE, with a wide variety of tools, mechanisms and initiatives at its disposal, has been playing a leading role in promoting peaceful dialogue since tensions emerged in Ukraine. Read more
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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission teams keep a close and objective watch on the situation in Ukraine. Follow their daily work. Read more
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Daily updates from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
To get a better understanding of the on the ground in Ukraine, read the daily updates provided for the public and the media by the teams of special monitors. Read more
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Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
The Swiss President and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, has been active throughout the crisis and has intervened on the presidential and the ministerial level with the aim of finding a diplomatic solution. Read more
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Vienna Document 2011
Military experts from OSCE participating States made the headlines when they were held in Sloviansk. Learn more about the Vienna Document 2011, which allows OSCE participating States to conduct inspections and observation visits to increase openness and transparency about each other’s military activities. Read more
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Election observation
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is sending more than 900 short-term observers to the early presidential election in Ukraine on 25 May 2014. Long-term observers are already working on the ground. Find out what they do
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Media freedom under siege in Ukraine
Tensions in and around Ukraine have put at risk the safety of journalists and media plurality in the country and the region. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media is monitoring the situation and speaking out against grave violations.
Read more
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Language and identity in Ukraine
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has been increasingly concerned about rising inter-ethnic tensions in Ukraine, particularly in Crimea, and closely followed the development of language legislation. Learn more
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