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Discussion on the outcomes of the 28th Ministerial Council meeting in Stockholm (Sweden, Annex 1; United States of America, Annex 2; Russian Federation, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 4). Award ceremony for the 2021 Essay Competition on Conventional Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-building Measures organized jointly by the OSCE and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (Italy, Annex 5). 2021 OSCE-UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security training programme for young professionals, the majority being women (Representative of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Annex 6).

Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Ambassador Alexey Rogov, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Dr. Alexander Wolters. Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Deteriorating situation in Ukraine and continued non-implementation by the Ukrainian authorities of the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Recent developments in Belarus. Shrinking space for civil society in the Russian Federation. Continuous threats to civilians, including journalists, caused by mines planted by Armenia in the territory of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Twenty-fourth St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held from 2 to 5 June 2021.

1037th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

This 2023 Annual Progress Report highlights OSCE’s progress on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality and key successes achieved in advancing equality and the empowerment of women. The report explores OSCE’s work in this area as well as the support the OSCE executive structures provide to participating States in promoting gender equality.

1004th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1470th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1085th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, Dr. Volker Frobarth. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Deteriorating situation in Ukraine and continued non-implementation by the Ukrainian authorities of the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. World Refugee Day (Turkey, Annex 2). Serious human rights violations in Lithuania (Lithuania, Annex 3). In observance of Pride Month 2021 (Denmark, Annex 4; Hungary, Annex 5). Early parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on 20 June 2021.

Statement by the Delegation of Austria (Annex 1). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Moscow Mechanism invoked by seventeen OSCE Participating States. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 2). Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 3). Statement by France on behalf of the three countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group (Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Armenia, Annex 5). International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November. Continuing provocative actions and non-transparent military convoy movements in the Security Zone of the Republic of Moldova (Moldova, Annex 6). Compliance by Azerbaijan with obligations under international humanitarian law (Azerbaijan, Annex 7).