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958th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

OSCE consecutive Chairmanships in 2014 and 2015 (interpretative statement by the Delegation of Albania attached)

1135th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed Ms. Ravesa Lleshi, the new Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Delegation of Albania to the OSCE. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1200 on the Dates of the 2016 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1201 on the OSCE 2015 Year-End Unified Budget Revision. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Release of journalists Mr. C. Dündar and Mr. E. Gül in Turkey. Neo-Nazism in Latvia. Marrakesh Declaration and freedom of religion or belief. Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2016. Human rights violations in the occupied territories of Georgia. The death penalty in the United States of America. Response to a statement on the rights of migrant children made by the Russian Federation at the 1090th plenary meeting of the Permanent Council. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Mongolia, to be held on 29 June 2016. General elections in the United States of America, to be held on 8 November 2016. Presidential plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.

A summary of the recommendations, statements and positions raised during the Fifth Workshop of the Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains through Government Practices and Measures Project, organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB).

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Károly Dán, and the new Charge d’Affaires and Head of Delegation of Uzbekistan to the OSCE, Mr. Rustamdjan Khakimov, both of whom delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of their posts. Report of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords, Major General M. Torres. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Situation in Ferguson, Missouri, United States of America. Ongoing blockade of Transdniestria. Denial of entry into Latvia to Mr. I. Panevkin. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association in the Russian Federation. Border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Attack on British MP and journalist Mr. G. Galloway. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Financial contributions to the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Ireland, Annex). Parliamentary elections in Moldova, to be held on 30 November 2014.

High-Level OSCE Chairmanship Conference “Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans” in co-operation with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Hofburg, Vienna, 27 February 2017

1134th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1134th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council