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Crisis response: OSCE Monitors in Ukraine
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- 0:02 while tensions were rising in Ukraine in
- 0:04 early
- 0:05 2014 the occe started making plans to
- 0:08 send a mission to help calm the
- 0:11 situation the decision to send a
- 0:13 monitoring mission was agreed on the
- 0:14 21st of March by all 57 participating
- 0:17 States including Ukraine Russia and the
- 0:20 United States as well as the countries
- 0:22 of the European Union the monitors
- 0:25 deployed almost immediately heading to
- 0:27 10 sites all across the country the
- 0:30 monitors are tasked with gathering
- 0:31 information and Reporting on the
- 0:33 security situation reports are published
- 0:36 each day on the occe
- 0:38 website the monitors talk with everyone
- 0:41 authorities Civil Society ethnic and
- 0:44 religious groups and local
- 0:46 communities the monitors are unarmed
- 0:48 civilians and they observe strict
- 0:50 neutrality their job is to bring people
- 0:52 together and encourage peaceful
- 0:54 solutions to local problems through
- 0:56 dialogue right now the osce is the only
- 0:59 International or organization with a
- 1:01 presence on the ground in many parts of
- 1:03 East Ukraine and the security situation
- 1:05 means that their job is often
- 1:08 dangerous the teams in eastern Ukraine
- 1:10 shown here inspect sites where intense
- 1:12 fighting has taken place and inspect
- 1:14 Damage Done by live fire to buildings
- 1:16 and other
- 1:18 infrastructure the monitoring mission is
- 1:20 just one of the ways the OS has
- 1:22 responded to the crisis in Ukraine take
- 1:24 a look at our website to find out more
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