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May 2018 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the May 2018 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1187th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Ambassador György Varga. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1294 on the dates and agenda of the 2018 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. State responsibility for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200, Flight MH17 on 17 July 2014. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Recent developments in the occupied regions of Georgia. Violation of freedom of expression in Turkey. Twenty-second St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held from 24 to 26 May 2018.
Presentation of the 2019 Programme Outline by the Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger. Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1292 on the dates and venue of the 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1293 on the financing arrangement for implementation of the 2018 OSCE Unified Budget and SMM budget (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; France, interpretative statement 2; Azerbaijan, interpretative statement 3). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Human rights violations in Latvia. Discriminatory education legislation in Ukraine. International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, celebrated on 17 May 2018. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE, Ambassador M. Ieronymides. Attack on the journalist Ms. O. Lakic in Montenegro. Remembrance of the victims of political repression under the Communist totalitarian regime. First observance of World Bee Day on 20 May 2018.
Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Situation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Freedom of peaceful assembly in the Russian Federation. Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May 2018. International efforts to counter terrorism and prevent violent extremism. Recent developments in Armenia.
Address by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, H.E. Volker Türk. Address by the IOM Senior Regional Adviser for Europe and Central Asia, Mr. Manfred Profazi. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1291 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Victory Day, to be celebrated on 9 May 2018. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May 2018. The detention and persecution of Mr. A. Gaponenko in Latvia. Educational reform in Ukraine.