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In April 2005 the Minister of Justice of Ukraine requested an opinion on the Draft Law on the State Register of voters of Ukraine. This draft opinion is based on comments provided by Messrs Joseph Middleton (expert of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE) and Angel Sanchez Navarro (Substitute Member of the Venice Commission, Spain), and are based on an English translation of the Law provided by the Ministry of Justice Ukraine. The joint Venice Commission- OSCE/ODIHR opinion was adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections at its 15th meeting (Venice, 15 December 2005) and by the Venice Commission at its 65th Plenary Session (Venice, 16-17 December 2005).

1087th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

This report outlines the impact on civilians of a Government-issued Temporary Order which regulates travel into and out of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in the Donbas. The report is based on monitoring activities conducted by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine from January to April 2015.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Belarus. Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in the Russian Federation. Ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Challenges to the Minsk Process owing to the provocative actions of Armenia. Meetings on Syria, held in Astana on 23 and 24 January, 14 and 15 February and 14 and 15 March 2017 respectively.

1310th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Mr. George Tsereteli. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Report by the Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Continuation of provocative actions by the authorities in Priština. Recent developments in Kosovo. Concerns about the accreditation of journalists from Radio Ozodi in Tajikistan. Presentation of the fourth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity during the Aurora Forum held in Yerevan from 14 to 21 October 2019.

Address by the Dean and Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Mr. Martin Kreutner. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. So-called parliamentary elections in the occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia. 18th anniversary of the violations of international law and of the Helsinki Final Act in the former Yugoslavia. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OSCE, Ambassador H. Wurth. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Serbia to the OSCE, Ambassador V. Žugić. Invitation to the briefing “Transforming the country: Ukraine on the path of reforms”, to be held on 24 March 2017.

Delivered on 2 November 2023 in Vienna.

Joint statement

572nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council