Reports

On 28 August 2019, UNHCR and UNDP held their first joint working meeting in Sloviansk to identify opportunities to bridge their ongoing and future activities. Greater cooperation between UNHCR and UNDP will facilitate protection and durable…

Last week, protests on climate change were held throughout the Balkans, Southeastern and Eastern Europe and Russia. In Albania, the opposition announced a pause in their anti-government protests. In Russia, protests on local election interference continued…

In July 2019, the SBGS recorded 1.297 million crossings1 of the contact line (hereinafter referred to as CL) through the entry-exit checkpoints (hereinafter referred to as EECPs) in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. According to the surveys conducted…

Ukraine, which has one of the largest internally displaced person (IDP) populations in the world, is experiencing the biggest displacement crisis in Europe since the Balkan Wars. Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 after a…

BACKGROUND Persons with Disabilities (PwD) are recognized as having specific needs. “Disability” is not an attribute of the person: if a person lives in an inclusive and comprehensively accessible environment, his or her impairment might not lead…

Last week, there were few significant developments in the Balkans and Southeastern and Eastern Europe with protests and riots on predominantly local issues reported, similar to past weeks. In Serbia, opposition parties announced a boycott of…

Executive summary What is this report about? This report focuses on the findings of the OSCE-led survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women and their implications for disadvantaged women. The OSCE-led survey was conducted in 2018 in…

By Wilhelmina Welsch (JIPS), Melissa Weihmayer (JIPS) After an initial scoping mission in November 2018, we returned to Ukraine for a second time in early June. JIPS’ Head of Information Management and Innovation Wilhelmina Welsch and Information…

Last week, key developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Balkans were the peaceful protests for free and fair elections in the run-up to Russia’s local elections and the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine,…

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. While conducting an impact site assessment in Pikuzy, the Mission heard small-arms…