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949th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Remarks by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the 45th ICPO-INTERPOL European Regional Conference St. Johann im Pongau, Austria, 16 May 2017.

Speech by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Delivered at the OSCE Chairmanship high-level event: On the margins of the 71st United Nations General Assembly, New York, 22 September 2016.

Washington, 7 March 2005

In this report, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides an overview and analysis of critical challenges faced by human rights defenders in the OSCE region, as well as good practices by OSCE participating States in their protection. The report also provides recommendations of how to close identified protection gaps, which should be considered in conjunction with the ODIHR Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Guidelines). In and of themselves, the Guidelines are a comprehensive set of recommendations to States, reflecting international standards. This report assesses implementation of those standards by OSCE participating States in the two-year period following the June 2014 publication of the Guidelines.

Report by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1195 on the revision of the 2015 Unified Budget. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1196 on the Scales of Contributions for 2016–2017 (Belgium, also on behalf of France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, also on behalf of Belarus, interpretative statement 4). 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. Thirty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 9 December 2015. Anniversary of the Astana Commemorative Declaration and the OSCE human dimension commitments. International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, marked on 9 December 2015. Violations of religious freedom in Ukraine. Racial discrimination in the United States of America. Response to a statement on freedom of the media in the OSCE area made by the Russian Federation at the 1082nd meeting of the Permanent Council. Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted on 12 December 2015 (France, Annex). Allegations of police misconduct in Chicago, United States of America. Conviction of human rights activist Mr. I. Dadin in the Russian Federation. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell statement by the Serbian Chairmanship. Statement regarding the Minsk Group.

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the OSCE, Ambassador Vladimir Galuska; the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the OSCE, Ambassador Desirée Kopmels; the new Permanent Representative of Denmark to the OSCE, Ambassador Liselotte Kjærsgaard Plesner; the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the OSCE, Ambassador Audunn Atlason; the new Permanent Representative of Ireland to the OSCE, Ambassador Philip McDonagh; the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the OSCE, Ambassador Isabelle Poupart; the new Permanent Representative of Austria to the OSCE, Ambassador Christian Strohal; and the new Permanent Representative of Finland to the OSCE, Ambassador Katja Pehrman. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. 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. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee; of the Economic and Environmental Committee; of the Human Dimension Committee. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OSCE, Ambassador I. Kelly. Regional elections to be held in Slovakia on 9 November 2013.

Statements and declarations by the Ministerial Council, Decisions of the Ministerial Council, Statements by delegations, Reports to the Ministerial Council.