Journal of the 940th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Greece to the OSCE, Ambassador Andreas Papadakis. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1072 on the Scales of Contributions for 2013–2015 (interpretative statement by the Delegation of the United States of America attached). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1073 on approval of the 2013 Unified Budget (interpretative statements by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU and by the Delegations of the United States of America and Norway, also on behalf of Switzerland, attached). Conviction of the murderer of Ukrainian journalist Mr. G. Gongadze. Shooting of presidential candidate Mr. P. Hayrikyan in Armenia. Report on the activites of the Chairperson-in-Office. Conference on Internet 2013: Shaping Policies to Advance Media Freedom, to be held in Vienna on 14 and 15 February 2013. Seventieth anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.