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Journal of the 961st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex 1) issued on 17 July 2013, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 2/13 on the appointment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, the text of which is appended to this journal. Address by the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Mr. Dmitry Mezentsev. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin. Permanent Council Decision No. 1087 on the dates and agenda of the 2013 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Needs Assessment Mission Report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the presidential elections in Azerbaijan, to be held in October 2013 (ODIHR.GAL/51/13). Release of former Minister of Culture Mr. G. Nurmuhammedov in Turkmenistan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Activities for the promotion of tolerance and non-discrimination in Andorra. Erection of a monument in Berlin to the victims of Nazi euthanasia programmes (Germany, Annex 2). ()
Journal of the 960th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the OSCE, Ambassador Vittorio Rocco di Torrepadula. Report by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek. Decision No. 1086 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Response to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on xenophobia, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. Responses to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on demonstrations against same-sex marriage in the OSCE area. Eighteenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fortieth anniversary of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, marked on 7 July 2013. Safety of journalists in the OSCE area. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. ()
Statement by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU on the safety of journalists in the OSCE area
960th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United States on the safety of journalists in the OSCE area
960th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council ()
ODIHR and the Rule of Law
A factsheet explaining the work of the OSCE/ODIHR in assisting OSCE participating States in living up to their rule of law commitments.
Response by the Delegation of Kazakhstan to the Questionnaire on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security ()