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Status Report No. 16 on Croatia's progress in meeting international committments since November 2004.

The report “Towards a Culture of Accountability of Councils for the Judiciary” was undertaken for ODIHR by Judge Kees Sterk, Endowed Professor of Administration of European Justice, University of Maastricht, Former President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) (2018 –

1273rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, on behalf of the Permanent Council, the Chairperson welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Belarus to the OSCE, Ambassador Valery Voronetsky. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General of the 2012 Unified Budget Proposal. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. Permanent Council Decision No. 1007 on the forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. New law on religion in Kazakhstan. Human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in Azerbaijan. Seventeenth round of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 4 October 2011. European Day and World Day Against the Death Penalty, celebrated on 10 October 2011. Verdict in the case of Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko. Recent violent events in Egypt. General election in Spain, to be held on 20 November 2011. Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, to be held on 30 October 2011. Kyrgyzstan’s application for non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes. Central Asian Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty. Statement by the Chairperson on Permanent Council Decision No. 81 (annexed). Elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Mr. Michael Georg Link, on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, held on 26 October 2014. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Russian NGOs Memorial Society and Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers. Proposal of the so-called treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on alliance and integration. Degrading treatment of Azerbaijani hostages and continuing grave violations of international humanitarian law by Armenia. Rights of children in Norway. Foreign fighters in Ukraine. Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Paris Summit on Nagorno-Karabakh, held on 27 October 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Decision No. 808 (PC.DEC/808). Report on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference. Report by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Report by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation

January- March 2023

Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1138 on forwarding of draft documents to the Ministerial Council. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1139 on the extension of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1140 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1141 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1142 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1143 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1144 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1145 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Italy-European Union (Annex); Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Turkey, interpretative statement 5). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1146 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1147 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1148 on the extension of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. So-called treaty between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia on alliance and strategic partnership. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and violation of the Minsk agreements by the Central Government of Ukraine. Reaction in the United States of America to the Ferguson grand jury decision regarding the death of Michael Brown. The new law on Islam in Austria. Russian citizens expelled from Latvia. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.