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February 2019 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the February 2019 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1218th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The situation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Human rights situation in Turkey. Five years since the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation. Five years of illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation. Violation of religious rights and persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Parliamentary elections and post-electoral perspectives in Moldova. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the OSCE, Ambassador S. MacLeod. Federal and regional elections in Belgium, to be held on 26 May 2019.
72nd Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Before taking up the agenda, the Chairperson of the Permanent Council made an announcement regarding North Macedonia’s seat in the Permanent Council (Annex 1). Lessons Learned From Conflict Resolution: A perspective by Mr. B. Ahern, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (United Kingdom, Annex 2). Conference entitled “2019. Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control”, to be held in Berlin on 15 March 2019 (Germany, Annex 3).
Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at Two Russian Checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border, Ambassador György Varga. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The situation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Violations of the rights of national minorities in the Russian Federation. Democracy and the rule of law in Spain (Spain, Annex). Presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to be held on 21 April and 5 May 2019. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the OSCE, Ambassador S. Milačić.
Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Economic and Environmental Committee and the Human Dimension Committee. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The application of criminal charges against Ms. A. Shevchenko under the law on “Undesirable Organizations” in the Russian Federation. Violations of OSCE commitments by Ukraine in the context of the presidential election on 31 March 2019. Sami People’s Day, observed on 6 February 2019.
1215th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan.