Sen. Cardin: Helsinki Commission Regrets Closure of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
May 02, 2022
May 02, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement:
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On April 28, the OSCE announced that Russia had definitively forced the closure of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, following its veto of the mission's mandated activities as of April 1. In light of this announcement, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.), a . . .
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On April 28, the OSCE announced that Russia had definitively forced the closure of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, following its veto of the mission's mandated activities as of April 1. In light of this announcement, Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.-09), Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.), a . . .