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554th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Extension of the Mandate of the OSCE Mission to Estonia

This report is based on the discussions held during the International Forum on Women’s Political Empowerment, held on 7 September 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. It is a short summary of views expressed by experts, guest speakers and participants, as highlighted in their remarks and group discussions that followed.

Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Ms Pia Kauma. The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1460 on the appointment of the External Auditor (Spain, also on behalf of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 4; Switzerland, interpretative statement 5; Canada, interpretative statement 6). Ongoing crimes by the Kiev regime and dangerous policies of the Western alliance to exacerbate tensions. Destructive impact of the European Union’s illegitimate sanctions on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Ongoing grave violations of OSCE human dimension commitments by the Baltic States. Third anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on 30 August 2023. Fifteen years since the Russian Federation’s full-scale military aggression against Georgia. Continued discrimination against Russian NGOs by the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office.

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The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Jan Braathu. Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Dr. Volker Frobarth. Ongoing crimes by the Kiev regime and dangerous policies of the Western alliance to exacerbate tensions. Azerbaijan’s continued policy of aggression and violation of its obligations, threatening further escalation of the situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. World Refugee Day, observed on 20 June 2023. In observance of Pride Month 2023. Tragic date of 22 June 1941: start of the Great Patriotic War. Continued gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by Estonia. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, observed on 19 June 2023. Results of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Ministerial Meeting, held in Minsk on 20 June 2023.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 8 March 2021.