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January 2014 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the January 2014 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
982nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, H.E. Sebastian Kurz. Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, H.E. Peter Maurer. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on 27 January 2014. The death penalty in Belarus. The death penalty in the United States of America. Review of signals intelligence programmes in the United States of America. XXII Olympic Winter Games, to be held in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Response to a statement by the United States of America on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan made at the 981st meeting of the Permanent Council. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Deployment of an election support team to Afghanistan. Elections to the European Parliament to be held between 22 and 25 May 2014. Federal and regional elections in Belgium, to be held on 25 May 2014. Parliamentary elections in Serbia, to be held on 16 March 2014 (Serbia, Annex).
Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Economic and Environmental Committee and the Human Dimension Committee. Situation in Ukraine. XXII Olympic Winter Games, to be held in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Human rights of children in the OSCE area. Human rights and fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan. Creation of a security zone inside the territory of Georgia in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Olympics. Information surrounding the case of the murder of journalist Mr. H. Dink. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections, to be held in Hungary on 6 April 2014.
980th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, H.E. Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Incident on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on 11 January 2014 (Kyrgyzstan, Annex).