954th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM, H.E. Valeri Chechelashvili. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Ivo Petrov. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Mr. Maxim Ryabkov. Meeting in the “5+2” negotiation format on the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict, held in Odessa, Ukraine, on 23 and 24 May 2013. Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in Georgia and in the United States of America. Installation of fences in the Tskhinvali region. Detention of former Minister of Culture Mr. G. Nurmuhammedov in Turkmenistan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (including Human Rights Youth Education on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination), held in Tirana on 21 and 22 May 2013 (Turkey, also on behalf of Norway and Switzerland, Annex 1; Albania, Annex 2).