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Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Describes the findings of the Gender Unit of the Parliamentary Assembly on the balance of gender in higher grade positions within the OSCE, as part of the Gender Action Plan of 1999.

Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Vienna, 9-10 December

Procedural comments by the Delegation of the Russian Federation (Annex 1). The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 2; Canada, Annex 3; United States of America, Annex 4; Turkey, Annex 5; United Kingdom, Annex 6; Latvia, Annex 7; Georgia, Annex 8; Iceland, Annex 9). Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Michael Davenport (Spain, Annex 10; Cyprus, Annex 11; Serbia, Annex 12). Ongoing crimes by Ukraine against the civilian population with the support of a Western alliance of OSCE participating States (Russian Federation, Annex 13). 77th anniversary of victory in the Second World War (Russian Federation, also on behalf of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Annex 14). World Press Freedom Day. Ongoing gross violations of the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population in some OSCE participating States. World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May 2022 (Germany, also on behalf of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Annex 15; Ukraine, Annex 16; Turkey, Annex 17).

Minutes of the proceedings. Decision No. 838. OSCE Mission in Kosovo. Presidential elections in the Russian Federation. Human rights situation in Belarus.

Regular report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti

28 March 2014; OSCE/ODIHR; warsaw, Poland

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, expressed condolences to the Russian Federation in connection with the recent floods in Krasnodar, Russian Federation, and a bus crash that occurred in Ukraine on 7 July 2012. Prior to taking up the agenda on Monday, 16 July 2012, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Germany to the OSCE, Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking. Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2011 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. Permanent Council Decision No. 1043 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 and the Report of the External Auditor. “Presidential elections” in Nagorno-Karabakh, to be held on 19 July 2012. Human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus. Investigations into hate crimes in Germany. Death penalty in the United States of America. Draft amendments to legislation on NGOs in the Russian Federation. Seventeenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Parliamentary elections in Georgia, to be held in October 2012. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Belarus, to be held on 23 September 2012. Global Counterterrorism Forum – High-Level Conference on Victims of Terrorism, held in Madrid on 9 and 10 July 2012 (Spain, Annex). Resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet, adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its twentieth session, held on 5 July 2012.

Report from the “Advancing Tolerance and Non-Discrimination through Coalition Building and Co-operation” Conference held in Vienna on 18 and 19 November. The discussions, presentations and interactive group work sessions reflected a wide recognition of the importance of coalition building between civil society and governments with the goal of ending hate crime.