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916th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

OSCE 2013 year-end Unified Budget revision.

Address by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, H.E. Rashid Meredov. Address by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, H.E. Nils Muižnieks. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1113 on the OSCE 2013 year-end Unified Budget revision. Situation in Ukraine. Sentencing of demonstrators involved in Bolotnaya Square events in Moscow. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Release of the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the United States Department of State. Military exercise by the Russian Federation in the Western Military District.

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE, Ambassador Costas A. Papademas. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Permanent Council Decision No. 1040 on the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards in the OSCE. Terrorist attacks in Makhachkala, Russian Federation, on 3 May 2012. Freedom of assembly in the Russian Federation. Parliamentary election in Armenia, held on 6 May 2012. Parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia, held on 6 May 2012 (Serbia, Annex).

The purpose of this analysis is to identify the areas which are hindering the completion of the National War Crimes Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to make recommendations which it is suggested may improve the work of both the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the Court of BiH. The Supervisory Body charged with oversight of the NWCS published a report in January 2016 which should be read in conjunction with this analysis.

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

July- September 2016

748th Meeting of the Permanent Council