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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

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex) issued on 23 March 2016, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/16 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Switzerland, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1205 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016. International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2016. Conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The death penalty in Belarus. The death penalty in the United States of America. Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016. Neo-Nazism in Latvia. Planned demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland. Violations by the United States of America of its OSCE commitments and international humanitarian law with regard to the Russian citizens Mr. K. Yaroschenko and Mr. V. Bout. On the banning of broadcasting of the Russian news agency “Sputnik”. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Agenda of the meeting

Decision No. 927 on the revision of the 2009 Unified Budget. Statement by the delegation of Azerbaijan on its underrepresentation in the executive structures of the OSCE. Signing of "bilateral agreements" between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia.

The Conference was held from 25 to 26 April 2005, in the International Conference Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) of Korea.

Report by the Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, concerning the complementary role of the OSCE in the filed of energy security. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Mr. Goran Svilanovic. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Sarunas Adomavicius. Permanent Council Decision No. 986 on the dates of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Permanent Council Decision No. 987 on the topics for the second part of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Permanent Council Decision No. 988 on the topic and dates of the Human Dimension Seminar in Warsaw. International Women’s Day. 15th round of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 4 March 2011. Situation in Belarus and post-election trial monitoring by the ODIHR. Freedom of the media and expression in Turkey. Freedom of religion in the United States of America. Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa. Guantánamo and detainee policy. Opening of the Holocaust Memorial Centre in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (statement by the Delegation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia annexed).

The Conference, organized by the OSCE and Japan, in co-operation with the National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), Tokyo, was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 12 December 2000.

Permanent Council Decision No. 1044 on the dates and agenda of the 2012 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Permanent Council Decision No. 1045 on the agenda for the 2012 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (interpretative statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation attached). Permanent Council Decision No. 1046 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2012 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Permanent Council Decision No. 1047 on the theme, agenda and modalities for the Twenty-First Economic and Environmental Forum. Permanent Council Decision No. 1048 on the OSCE Concept for Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors. Permanent Council Decision No. 1049 on the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities. Recent developments in Tajikistan. Attack on Ms. Štefica Galić in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Discrimination and violence against Romani persons in the OSCE region. Human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus. Freedom of the media in Ukraine. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Local elections to be held on 7 October 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This fifth edition of Holocaust Memorial Days: An overview of remembrance and education in the OSCE region provides information on when, where, and how OSCE participating States promote the commemoration and study of the Holocaust and the extermination and persecution of Roma and Sinti, in line with their OSCE commitments. It features information on Holocaust commemoration, education and research, memorial sites and best practices, and is intended to assist participating States in their efforts to promote the education about and the commemoration of all victims of Nazi persecution.