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Donetsk and Luhansk-based teams of OSCE monitors released

Press releases and multimedia related to the release of the Donetsk and Luhansk-based teams of OSCE monitors after more than one month in captivity.
  • Media briefing on OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
    VIENNA, 30 June 2014 -- A media briefing was held on the activities of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, following the release of two groups of monitors in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier; Ambassador Thomas Greminger of Switzerland, Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council; and Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor at the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, briefed media representatives on the release of monitors and work of the Mission.
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  • Media briefing on OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
    VIENNA, 30 June 2014 -- A media briefing was held on the activities of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, following the release of two groups of monitors in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier; Ambassador Thomas Greminger of Switzerland, Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council; and Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor at the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, briefed media representatives on the release of monitors and work of the Mission.
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  • Chairman-in-Office relieved about release of Luhansk-based SMM team, says OSCE ready to support implementation of peace plan to the extent security situation permits
    Bern, 28 June, 2014 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, relieved to hear that the four members of the Luhansk-based team of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission were set free, commended the tireless work of the SMM towards the release of the team members who were in captivity since May 29, 2014.
    Press Release
  • Second group of OSCE monitors freed in eastern Ukraine
    KYIV, 28 June 2014 - The four members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Luhansk-based monitoring team that went missing on May 29 were released this evening after exactly one month in captivity...
    Press Release
  • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office grateful for support in release of four monitors from Donetsk-based SMM team, calls for setting free the other team of four without delay
    Bern, 27 June 2014 – While expressing his gratitude to all who helped in setting four of the eight monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission free, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, he emphasized the leading role of the SMM in the efforts for the release of the four monitors from the Donetsk-based SMM team to whom contact was lost on 26 May; he thanked all participating States for their support in this regard.
    Press Release
  • OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Donetsk-based team of four released after 32 days
    Kyiv, June 27, 2014 - The four members of the Donetsk-based monitoring team of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMMU) that went missing since late May were released late yesterday after 32 days in captivity.
    Press Release