964th Plenary Meeting of the 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.