1488th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, H.E. Ms. Elina Valtonen. The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Report by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Michel Tarran. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1486 on the appointment of the External Auditor (Hungary, also on behalf of Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1487 on the 2024 additional provisional expenditure authorization for the Conference and Language Services programme (Hungary, also on behalf of Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Azerbaijan, interpretative statement 3; Armenia, interpretative statement 4). Sixteen years have elapsed since the full-scale military aggression against Georgia by the Russian Federation. On the increasing military involvement of certain NATO and EU member States in yet more confrontation in and around Ukraine.