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The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the OSCE, Ambassador Kairat Sarybay, who delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of his post. Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, H.E. António Guterres. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova. Situation in Ukraine. Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amendments to the Internet Law in Turkey. Freedom of the media in the Russian Federation. Human rights in places of detention in the United States of America. NGO legislation in Azerbaijan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Signing of the State Border Treaty and the Maritime Border Treaty between Estonia and the Russian Federation. Report by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Belarus on the Most Resonant Human Rights Violations in Certain Countries 2013.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 10 February 2020.

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

This publication summarizes a series of workshops the OSCE held that focused on the role governments can play in combating human trafficking and labour exploitation in global supply chains. This document aims to consolidate the key comments, commitments, and recommendations from the nine workshops, as well as provide recommendations for future activities, including identifying specific training needs for target groups.

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

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 27 January 2020.

Security Dialogue on Regional Security: the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov region: – Presentation by Mr. J. Sherr, Senior Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Security, and Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House; – Presentation by Mr. A. Korynevych, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Croatia-European Union, Annex 1; United States of America, Annex; United Kingdom, Annex 3; Bulgaria, Annex 4; Romania, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6; Russian Federation, Annex 7). The FSC adopted Decision No. 2/20 on the agenda, timetable and modalities for the ninth Annual Discussion on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security. Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation (Annex 8). On the subject of Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. On the subject of the situation in and around Ukraine. On the subject of the violation by Azerbaijan of commitments undertaken under the Vienna Document (Armenia, Annex 9; Azerbaijan, Annex 10). On the subject of concerns regarding the work of the Ukrainian FSC Chairmanship (Russian Federation, Annex 11). Request for assistance in the control of SALW and the management of SCA (Serbia, Annex 12).

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 13 January 2020.

Security Dialogue on SALW and SCA/Mine Action: – Presentation by Major C. Ceylan, Turkish Mine Action Centre, Ministry of National Defence; – Presentation by Ms. S. Sinanoğlu, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina; – Presentation by Mr. P. Rapillard, Head of External Relations, Policy and Communication, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining; – Presentation by Ms. D. Cossa, Deputy Team Leader, Donetsk Monitoring Team, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM); – Presentation by Mr. E. Crowther, Monitoring Officer, Donetsk Monitoring Team, SMM (Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, Latvia, Annex 1). Situation in and around Ukraine. Call for applications for the 2020 OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security, and publication of the fact sheet “OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation: Dialogue, transparency, confidence-building” (Representative of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Annex 2).