1042nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson drew the attention of the Permanent Council to a joint press release issued by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and the OSCE Secretary General condemning the murder of Russian opposition politician Mr. Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015. Several delegations delivered statements in response to the Chairperson’s announcement. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Parliamentary elections in Tajikistan held on 1 March 2015. The ODIHR and Council of Europe Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association, launched in Geneva on 5 March 2015. Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2015. Recent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 1). Ceasefire violations along the Line of Contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border (Armenia, Annex 2). Statement by the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2015. Ratification by Mongolia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

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1042nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Journal of the 1042nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the murder of Russian opposition politician Mr. Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the murder of Russian opposition politician Mr. Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the murder of Russian opposition politician Mr. Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver

Statement by the Delegation of Norway on the abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the statements by delegations on the abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan held on 1 March 2015

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan held on 1 March 2015

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan held on 1 March 2015

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the ODIHR and Council of Europe Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association, launched in Geneva on 5 March 2015

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the ODIHR and Council of Europe Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association, launched in Geneva on 5 March 2015

Statement by the Delegation of Norway on the ODIHR and Council of Europe Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association, launched in Geneva on 5 March 2015

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation, also on behalf of Belarus, on the Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2015

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the recent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the recent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Statement by the Delegation of Armenia in response to the statement by the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group

Statement by the Russian Federation on the International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2015

Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency on the ratification by Mongolia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and of the International Convention for the Protection of All

Statement by the Delegation of Norway on the ratification by Mongolia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and of the International Convention for the Protection of All

Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office