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1300th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 1; France, also on behalf of Germany, Annex 2). Location of the military exercise “Defender Europe 2021”, to be held from 1 May to 14 June 2021 (Serbia, Annex 3).

1311th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

At the request of Georgian authorities, the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (“the Venice Commission”) of the Council of Europe and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (“OSCE/ODIHR”) have prepared the present opinion on the draft Election Code of Georgia (“the draft Code”). The most recent previous joint opinion of the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR is dated 9 June 2010 and contains comments on amendments up to March 2010. This Joint Opinion contains commentary and recommendations on the Code as drafted through 22 November 2011 and based on draft revised amendments sent by the authorities to the Venice Commission on 8 December 2011. Additionally, the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR are aware that additional amendments were prepared on 10 December; these amendments, however, are not commented upon in this review.

Pillar III (OSCE) report on the monitoring of the Assembly of Kosovo from 5 August to 13 October 2006.

The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 7/20 on the agenda and modalities of the thirty-first Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 8/20 on the agenda, timetable, and organizational modalities for the OSCE high-level military doctrine seminar (Russian Federation, Annex 1). Closing remarks by H.E. Ambassador Gesa Bräutigam, Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation (United States of America, Annex 2; Albania, Annex 3; Turkey, Annex 4; Sweden, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6). Announcing and Reminding Mechanism pursuant to FSC Decision No. 10/02 (Chairperson, Annex 7). 18th Annual Consultation on the review of the implementation of the Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in the Naval Field in the Black Sea, held on 11 December 2020 (Russian Federation, Annex 8).

Mapping of the representation of women and man at managing position in the news media outlets is part of wider tendencies to further research media industry from the gender perspective. The main objective of this research is to map gender distribution of roles and point out the patterns of unequal participation, and thereby unequal opportunities that occur in media professions and institutions at the highest decision-making functions when it comes to the news media outlets. The publication also aims to offer recommendations for addressing the identified issues.

1321st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The publication, prepared by the Investigative Journalists NGO with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan, is a compilation of articles on litigation and cases of violence involving media for the period 2010-2011. The book also includes legal opinions within the context of the case law of the