Statement by the Delegation of Azerbaijan on the 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)

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).