The mandate of the mission ended in March.
Term of validity of the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission OSCE ended on March 31, 2022. Due to the lack of consensus on the continuation of the work, the OSCE will take immediate steps to close the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. This is stated in the statement of the organization.
“This is not an easy decision. We explored all possible options through political dialogue with the participating states in order to achieve the extension of the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission, but the position of the Russian Federation left us with no other choice but to take steps to close the Mission,” said OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau.
At the same time, he assured that the Polish presidency will continue interaction with the participating states to study alternatives for the future role of the OSCE in Ukraine.
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The special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine began its work on March 21, 2014, based on a request from the government of Ukraine to the OSCE and a consensus decision of all 57 OSCE participating countries. SMM is an unarmed civilian mission that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in all regions of Ukraine. Its main task is to impartially and objectively observe and report on the situation in Ukraine, as well as to promote dialogue between all parties to the conflict.
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