Permanent Council Decision No. 1257

Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2016 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1255 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 and the report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1256 on the dates of the 2017 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the topics for the second part of the 2017 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Estonia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Kyrgyzstan, interpretative statement 2). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1257 on the dates and agenda of the 2017 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Falsification in Latvia of the history of the Second World War. “War” on monuments in Poland. Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group. The death penalty in the United States of America. Indiscriminate killing of Azerbaijani civilian population by Armenia. Parliamentary elections in Albania, held on 25 June 2017. Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, to be held on 20 and 21 October 2017.