Excerpts from Ambassador Ian Kelly’s Final Remarks to the OSCE Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the OSCE, Ambassador Vladimir Galuska; the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the OSCE, Ambassador Desirée Kopmels; the new Permanent Representative of Denmark to the OSCE, Ambassador Liselotte Kjærsgaard Plesner; the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the OSCE, Ambassador Audunn Atlason; the new Permanent Representative of Ireland to the OSCE, Ambassador Philip McDonagh; the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the OSCE, Ambassador Isabelle Poupart; the new Permanent Representative of Austria to the OSCE, Ambassador Christian Strohal; and the new Permanent Representative of Finland to the OSCE, Ambassador Katja Pehrman. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Report of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords, Major General M. Torres. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee; of the Economic and Environmental Committee; of the Human Dimension Committee. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OSCE, Ambassador I. Kelly. Regional elections to be held in Slovakia on 9 November 2013.