Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the 2nd International Conference on Countering Illicit Arms Trafficking in the Context of Fighting International Terrorism, to be held in Moscow on 5 and 6 September 2019

Address by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, H.E. Mr. Lasha Darsalia. Presentation by the Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger, of the Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality. Report of the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Valeriu Chiveri. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Tenth anniversary of the murder of Ms. N. Estemirova, human rights defender and journalist in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. Abduction of Mr. D. Asgarov and Mr. S. Guliyev by Armenia in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Fifth anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on 17 July 2014. Third anniversary of the attempted coup d’état in Turkey on 15 July 2016. Second International Conference on Countering Illicit Arms Trafficking in the Context of Fighting International Terrorism, to be held in Moscow on 5 and 6 September 2019. Latest developments in the investigation into the killing of journalist Ms. D. Caruana Galizia in Malta (Malta, Annex). Briefing, held in Vienna on 2 July 2019, on the Global Conference for Media Freedom, held in London on 10 and 11 July 2019.