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Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at Two Russian Checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border, Ambassador György Varga. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The situation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Violations of the rights of national minorities in the Russian Federation. Democracy and the rule of law in Spain (Spain, Annex). Presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to be held on 21 April and 5 May 2019. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the OSCE, Ambassador S. Milačić.

925th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1460th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov (Latvia, Annex 1). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Igli Hasani. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1418 on the timetable of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Slovenia‑European Union, interpretative statement 2). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Deteriorating situation in Ukraine and continued non-implementation by the Ukrainian authorities of the Minsk agreements. First anniversary of the issuance of a report under the Moscow Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus, and invocation of the Vienna Mechanism (United Kingdom, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 2). Flagrant violations of freedom of the media in Latvia (Latvia, Annex 3). International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November 2021 (France, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 4). Resumption of executions in the US state of Oklahoma. Local elections in Georgia, held on 2 and 30 October 2021.

Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Addresses by the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Rabbi Andrew Baker, Ambassador Mehmet Paçacı, and Professor Regina Polak. Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. P. Maurer (Armenia, Annex 1). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Germany, also on behalf of France, Annex 2). Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 3). Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December. Violations of freedom of the media in Latvia. So-called elections in the Transdniestrian breakaway region of the Republic of Moldova. Concerns about democratic standards and violations of international obligations by the authorities in Ukraine. Joint statement by the heads of delegations of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Armenia, Annex 5). Victory Day in Patriotic War of Azerbaijan on 8 November 2020 (Azerbaijan, Annex 6). Presidential election in Portugal, to be held on 24 January 2021.

1457th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1157th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

947th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Speech on the occasion of the High-level panel discussion “Building resilience towards destructive information activities: freedom of expression as contributor to information security”, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, Thursday, 15 July 2021 at 11.00 hrs.