Journal of the 900th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, on behalf of the Permanent Council, the Chairperson welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the OSCE, Ambassador Giedrius Čekuolis. Presentation by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The death penalty in the United States of America and the case of Mr. R. Gattis in Delaware, United States of America. The National Programme for Action to Raise Effectiveness of the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Republic of Azerbaijan, signed by the President of Azerbaijan, Mr. I. Aliyev, on 27 December 2011. Arrest of opposition party members and a journalist in Kazakhstan. Meeting on the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Odessa, Ukraine, on 2 January 2012.