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The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the OSCE, Ambassador Gunaajav Batjargal, the new Permanent Representative of the European Union to the OSCE, Ambassador Thierry Béchet, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the OSCE, Ambassador Slavica Milačić, and the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the OSCE, Ambassador Ayoob M. Erfani. The Ambassador of Afghanistan delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of his post. Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex 1) issued on 6 March 2013, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/13 (MC.DEC/1/13) on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (statement by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Annex 2; Liechtenstein, also on behalf of Canada, Norway and Switzerland, Annex 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1, United States of America, interpretative statement 2). Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1075 on the OSCE 2012 year-end Unified Budget revision. State language policy in Estonia. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Portugal, Ambassador A. Martinho. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2013. Meeting of the Contact Group with the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, held in Vienna on 1 March 2013. Parliamentary elections in Germany, to be held on 22 September 2013 (Germany, Annex 4).

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

965th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

992nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

965th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Covers period up to December 2015

Approval of the 2013 Unified Budget (interpretative statements by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU and by the Delegations of the United States of America and Norway, also on behalf of Switzerland, attached)

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

OSCE Summit 2010 – Conclusions and Follow-Up (statements by the Chairperson and by the Delegation of Kazakhstan annexed). Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Permanent Council Decision No. 965 on the adoption of the OSCE training strategy for the period 2011 to 2013. Permanent Council Decision No. 966 on the extension of the terms of reference of the Audit Committee. Permanent Council Decision No. 967 on the revision of the 2010 Unified Budget. Permanent Council Decision No. 968 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Permanent Council Decision No. 969 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Centre in Astana. Permanent Council Decision No. 970 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Permanent Council Decision No. 971 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Permanent Council Decision No. 972 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (statement by the Delegation of Ukraine annexed). Permanent Council Decision No. 973 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Permanent Council Decision No. 974 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Permanent Council Decision No. 975 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. Permanent Council Decision No. 976 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Permanent Council Decision No. 977 on the name change of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the extension of the mandate. Permanent Council Decision No. 978 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Zagreb (statement by the Delegation of Croatia annexed). Permanent Council Decision No. 979 on the extension of the application of Ministerial Council Decision No. 17/06. 2011 Unified Budget proposal. Elections to the Assembly in Kosovo on 12 December 2010.