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Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad. Decision No. 884 (interpretative statement by the Delegation of Turkey attached). Co-operation between the ODIHR and the OSCE PA with regard to election observation.

1248th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

An analysis of the OSCE Mission to Serbia's monitoring results. The present report was created in the framework of the EU funded “Support to Monitoring of National War Crimes Trials (Phase II)” project. The findings contained in the report are based on the analysis of a large volume of data collected through monitoring of war crimes proceedings held in Serbia between 2015 and 2019.

Decisions No. 897, 898. Address by the HR/EUSR in BaH, Ambassador Inzko. Report by the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Herrero. Statements by the RF, EU, USA, Norway, Canada, Georgia and by the Chairmanship annexed.

October- December 2022

The Special Prosecutor's Office (SPO) was established by Parliament of North Macedonia in September 2015, pursuant to an EU-brokered political agreement to overcome the political crisis that arose following the 2015 wiretap scandal. The report follows the first interim report published in August 2018, covering the establishment of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the developments of its cases up to the confirmation of the indictment stage. The second report, resulting from OSCE Mission to Skopje's trial monitoring observations, covers twenty cases in which the SPO filed indictments by its statutory deadline of 30 June 2017.

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Károly Dán, and the new Charge d’Affaires and Head of Delegation of Uzbekistan to the OSCE, Mr. Rustamdjan Khakimov, both of whom delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of their posts. Report of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords, Major General M. Torres. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. 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. Situation in Ferguson, Missouri, United States of America. Ongoing blockade of Transdniestria. Denial of entry into Latvia to Mr. I. Panevkin. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association in the Russian Federation. Border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Attack on British MP and journalist Mr. G. Galloway. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Financial contributions to the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Ireland, Annex). Parliamentary elections in Moldova, to be held on 30 November 2014.

Address by the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, the Rt Hon Baroness Anelay Of St Johns Dbe. Presentation by the Secretary General of the Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion Of Gender Equality. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Argo Avakov. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1215 on the recommendation to adopt a decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the year 2018. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1216 on amending OSCE Staff Regulations. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1217 on the Theme, Agenda and Modalities for the 25th Economic and Environmental Forum. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Current developments in Turkey. Response to a statement made at the 1107th meeting of the Permanent Council on the human rights of detainees in the European Union. Response to a statement made at the 1101st meeting of the Permanent Council on the case of Mr. O. Kobilov in Uzbekistan. The so-called “Yarovaya Package” of amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation. The murder of journalist Mr. P. Sheremet in Kiev, Ukraine, on 20 July 2016. Twenty-fifth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Tbilisi from 1 to 5 July 2016. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Moldova, to be held on 30 October 2016. Early parliamentary elections in Croatia, to be held on 11 September 2016.

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