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1421st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1421st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

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Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu (Latvia, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Cyprus, Annex 2; Spain, Annex 3). Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1344 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Finland-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1345 on supplementing the OSCE IT Infrastructure Upgrade Fund (Armenia, interpretative statement). Russian violations of the right to peaceful assembly and its election-related commitments. Recent developments on Georgia’s occupied territories. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on 30 August 2019. The death penalty in Belarus and in the United States of America. Violation of human rights of the indigenous population in Canada. Parliamentary election in Belarus, to be held on 17 November 2019. First Caspian Economic Forum, held in Avaza, Turkmenistan, on 12 August 2019 (Azerbaijan, Annex 4). Parliamentary election in Portugal, to be held on 6 October 2019. Parliamentary election in Poland, to be held on 13 October 2019.

Report by the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador John MacGregor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1368 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Croatia-European Union, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 3; Ukraine, interpretative statement 4; Canada, interpretative statement 5; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 6). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Violation of educational and linguistic rights of national minorities in Latvia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. The death penalty in the United States of America. Parliamentary elections in Serbia, to be held on 21 June 2020. Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to be held on 4 October 2020.

Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1269 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget for the Programme Office in Dushanbe. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1270 on the timetable of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (Estonia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. United Nations International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, being observed on 2 November. Release of human rights defenders in Turkey. Situation of LGBTI persons in Tajikistan. Intersex awareness day, observed on 26 October. Participation of persons affiliated with terrorism in the second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on “The Role of Free Media in the Comprehensive Approach to Security”, being held on 2 and 3 November 2017. Municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 15 and 29 October 2017. Rule of law and democracy in Spain (Spain, Annex). 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference on “Large Movements of Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities”, held in Palermo, Italy, on 24 and 25 October 2017.

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