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February 2016 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the February 2016 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1090th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1199 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; Ukraine, interpretative statement 5). Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Threats against the political opposition and independent voices in the Russian Federation. Law on non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan. Criminal proceedings against members of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) (Tajikistan, Annex). Use of torture by military personnel of the United States of America. Rights of migrant children in the European Union. The death penalty in Belarus. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the OSCE, Ambassador A. Erfani. European Union Foreign Affairs Council conclusions on Belarus. Presidential elections in Austria, to be held on 24 April 2016.
Address by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, H.E. Araz Azimov. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee, the Economic and Environmental Committee, and the Human Dimension Committee. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Freedom of expression in the OSCE area. The death penalty in the United States of America. Reports of threats against members of the political opposition by the Head of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OSCE, Ambassador T. İldem. Launch of a ballistic missile in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 7 February 2016. Parliamentary elections in Ireland, to be held on 26 February 2016.
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Aggressive nationalism in Ukraine. Developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Freedom of expression in Turkey. Sami People’s Day, to be observed on 6 February 2016. Freedom of the media in Moldova. Withdrawal of accreditation and subsequent expulsion from the Russian Federation of Polish journalist Mr. W. Radziwinowicz. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Cyprus, to be held on 22 May 2016.