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On 23 June 2011 the Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Mr Oleksandr Lavrynovych, requested the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR to comment on the text of the draft Law of Ukraine on Election of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine (Doc. CDL-REF (2011) 034) hereinafter, the “draft law”). The draft law was prepared by the Working Group on reforming and codifying the electoral legal framework with the aim to bring it in line with democratic standards following the presidential decree of 2 November 2010. The Working Group consists of representatives of different state institutions, parliamentarians, civil society representatives, academics and domestic legal and constitutional experts. Invitations to the working group meetings were also made to international experts.

Security Dialogue on New Technologies: "Current Trends in the Development of Military Technology": – Presentation by Ambassador R. Bohn, Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control, Federal Foreign Office of Germany; – Presentation by Mr. F. Sauer, Senior Researcher, Head of Research, Metis Project on current and future strategic issues in international politics, Bundeswehr University Munich. Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 1, Annex 2). Military exercises “Caucasus 2020”, being conducted from 21 to 26 September 2020.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 31 August 2016.

1460th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Statement by the Delegation of Austria (Annex 1). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Moscow Mechanism invoked by seventeen OSCE Participating States. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 2). Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 3). Statement by France on behalf of the three countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group (Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Armenia, Annex 5). International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November. Continuing provocative actions and non-transparent military convoy movements in the Security Zone of the Republic of Moldova (Moldova, Annex 6). Compliance by Azerbaijan with obligations under international humanitarian law (Azerbaijan, Annex 7).

1067th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Address by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Corruption, Ms. Paola Severino. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee and of the Human Dimension Committee. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The death penalty in Belarus and the United States of America. Ukrainian military provocation in the Black Sea. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OSCE, Ambassador J. Pereira Gomes. Human Rights Day, celebrated on 10 December 2018. Death of Russian activist Ms. L. Alexeyeva on 8 December 2018. Presidential election in Georgia, held on 28 November 2018. Early parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on 9 December 2018. Third Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide, held in Yerevan from 9 to 11 December.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 17 August 2016.

Update by the Secretary General on the OSCE-Ukraine project "Assisting the government of Ukraine in eliminating melange stocks" (statements by delegation of Denmark, also on behalf of Norway, and by delegations of Sweden and the Czech republic annexed).