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This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 13 January 2016.

935th Special Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Working Session 4 (FLD)- Freedom of Media (continuation), Review Conference Astana, 26-28 November 2010

Extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4).

856th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1370 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Croatia-European Union, interpretative statement 3; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 6; Ukraine, interpretative statement 7). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1371 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2020 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Russian Federation, Annex 1). International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, to be observed on 19 June 2020. Violations of freedom of the media in Latvia. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the OSCE, Ambassador V. Osipov. COVID-19 pandemic-related support to Afghanistan (Afghanistan, Partner for Co-operation, Annex 2). Parliamentary elections in Lithuania, to be held on 11 October 2020. Early parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, to be held on 15 July 2020.

Working Session 6 (FLD)- Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, with a Particular Focus on Trafficking in Children (continuation), Review Conference Astana, 26-28 November 2010

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation (Annex 1). Security Dialogue on Private Military and Security Companies: – Presentation by Ms. M. Gasser, Head of the Section for Export Controls and Private Security Services, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; – Presentation by Mr. I. McKay, Deputy Legal Adviser at the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva; – Presentation by Major General V. Skibitskyi, Deputy Director of the Information and Analysis Department, Main Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Croatian EU Presidency, Annex 2; United Kingdom, Annex 3; United States of America, Annex 4; Russian Federation, Annex 5; FSC Co-ordinator for the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, Romania, Annex 6). On the subject of Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. On the subject of the situation in and around Ukraine. On the subject of the resumption of verification measures during the COVID-19 pandemic (Germany, Annex 7). Completion of the online component of the 2020 OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security training programme for young professionals, in particular women (Representative of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Annex 8).

Address by the Vice President of the Microsoft Corporation, Mr. John Frank, on the Digital Geneva Convention, with a Special Focus on the Cybersecurity Tech Accord. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Twenty-third anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1455th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council