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Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), on 31 December 2014)

Publishing date: 31 December 2014
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). Overall cross-border traffic flows increased significantly at both BCPs due to the upcoming new year. The OM continued to observe a significant number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions. Train movements at the Gukovo BCP have decreased in frequency.

Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk:Two Russian convoys crossed into Ukraine through Donetsk Border Crossing Point

Publishing date: 21 December 2014
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 and 21 December 2014 two Russian convoys crossed into Ukraine through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). These were the 10th and 11th Russian convoys crossing through the Donetsk BCP since the arrival of the Observer Mission (OM) at the Russian BCPs.

OSCE assists Turkmenistan in enhancing security and facilitation at airports

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management
ASHGABAT, 18 December 2014 –Twenty-two officials from the airport and aviation security, document issuance and passport control agencies of Turkmenistan attended a two-day, OSCE-organized seminar on identity management and biometrics that concluded in Ashgabat today...

In Turkmenistan, OSCE PA Special Representatives underscore importance of engagement

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Elections, Good governance
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with government and parliamentary leaders...

Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point

Publishing date: 12 December 2014
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 12 December 2014 at 07:50 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 83 vehicles were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 19:47 on December 12. This was the ninth Russian convoy to cross the border into Ukraine, and the eight crossing through the Donetsk BCP since the arrival of the Observer Mission (OM) at the Russian BCPs.

OSCE, in Iasi, trains women officials on border security and management

Publishing date: 12 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Policing
Twenty-six women officials of the Border Guard, Border Police, Customs Services and Police from 11 OSCE participating States completed a five-day training course in Iasi, Romania on 12 December 2014 on border security and management. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...

Afghan and Tajik border officers complete OSCE ‘train-the-trainer’ course

Publishing date: 12 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 12 December 2014 – The graduation of a two-week advanced ‘train-the-trainer’ course for twenty Afghan and Tajik border officers, in the frame of OSCE Patrol Programming and Leadership Project, completed today in Dushanbe...