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The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the OSCE, Ambassador Gunaajav Batjargal, the new Permanent Representative of the European Union to the OSCE, Ambassador Thierry Béchet, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the OSCE, Ambassador Slavica Milačić, and the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the OSCE, Ambassador Ayoob M. Erfani. The Ambassador of Afghanistan delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of his post. Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex 1) issued on 6 March 2013, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/13 (MC.DEC/1/13) on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (statement by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Annex 2; Liechtenstein, also on behalf of Canada, Norway and Switzerland, Annex 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1, United States of America, interpretative statement 2). Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1075 on the OSCE 2012 year-end Unified Budget revision. State language policy in Estonia. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Portugal, Ambassador A. Martinho. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2013. Meeting of the Contact Group with the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, held in Vienna on 1 March 2013. Parliamentary elections in Germany, to be held on 22 September 2013 (Germany, Annex 4).

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

Contributions, 14th OSCE Ministerial Council Brussels, 4 and 5 December 2006

Incident in Georgia on 6.8.2007, Dayton Peace Accords, Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan- Greece- Ukraine, 1st preparatory conference to the 16th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, to be held in Helsinki on 10-11.9.2007, 2nd Bled Strategic Forum

December 2014

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

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

Dec. No. 940 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the OSCE High-level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination. Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Antonio Milososki.

Presentations by Ms. Hanna Herbst, Deputy Editor, Vice Austria, and Ms. Teresa Havlicek, Online Editor, Wienerin.at, on the safety of female journalists online. Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1245 on the dates and venue of the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2017. Rights of refugee children along migration routes to Europe. Closing of the so-called crossing points in the occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia. Need for substantive negotiations aimed at the settlement of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Political situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Call for the release of Mr. M. Huseynov in Azerbaijan. Hate crimes in the United States of America. Need to implement the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits. Parliamentary elections in Germany, to be held on 24 September 2017. Release of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 by the United States Department of State. Presidential election in Serbia, to be held on 2 April 2017.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu (France, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Spain, Annex 2). Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border, Ambassador György Varga. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The case of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Mr. T. Kılıҫ, and recent detentions in Turkey. Violations of the rights of minorities in the European Union. Racism and police violence in the United States of America. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1287 on the use of cash surplus for strengthening the infrastructure of the OSCE. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1288 on approval of the 2018 Unified Budget (Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; France, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Austria, interpretative statement 5; Holy See, interpretative statement 6).