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1421st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Closing Session, 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1-2 December 2009

Address by the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Ioannis Kasoulides. Address by the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, H.E. Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu. Update by the Secretary General on the Status of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (Switzerland, Annex). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan. The cases of Mr. M. Bokayev and Mr. T. Ayan in Kazakhstan. Violation of the rights of migrants in the European Union. The case of Mr. A. Askarov in Kyrgyzstan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

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, the Economic and Environmental Committee, and the Human Dimension Committee. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1359 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Finland-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; Ukraine, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1360 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1361 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1362 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1363 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Turkey, interpretative statement 3; Ukraine, interpretative statement 4; Finland-European Union, interpretative statement 5; Canada, interpretative statement 6). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1364 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1365 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. 50th round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 10 and 11 December 2019. Verdict of the European Court of Human Rights on Mr. O. Kavala. Farewell statement by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship. Reforms in Uzbekistan and forthcoming parliamentary elections, to be held on 22 December 2019.

1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Presentation by Mr. A. Whiting, consultant to the Conflict Prevention Centre (France, Annex 1). Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 2; Russian Federation, Annex 3).

Security Dialogue: “Defence Co-Operation in the Mediterranean:” – Ambassador A. Mokrani, Director for the European Union and Specialized European Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria; – Brigadier General F. Vestito, Chief of the Experimentation Office at the Centre for Defence Innovation of the Italian Ministry of Defence; – Mr. N. Severiano Teixeira, Director of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations. Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2). Adoption on 23 September 2016 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2310 on the maintenance of international peace and security.

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 Ertugrul Apakan. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General of the 2017 Unified Budget Proposal. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1221 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Slovakia-European Union, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Ukraine, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1222 on the topic and dates of the Human Dimension Seminar in Warsaw. Participation of Mr. K. Batyrov in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, held in Warsaw from 19 to 30 September 2016 (Kyrgyzstan, Annex). Illegal economic and other activities in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan, held on 26 September 2016. Elections to the State Duma in the Russian Federation, held on 18 September 2016. Unfounded detention of Ukrainian journalist Mr. R. Sushchenko in the Russian Federation. Munich Agreement, signed on 30 September 1938. Use of force by Azerbaijan to deny the people of Nagorno-Karabakh the right to self-determination. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential and vice-presidential elections in Bulgaria and referendum on future amendments to the national legislation, to be held on 6 November 2016.

The document was adopted by the participants of the conference held with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Kyiv, 10-12 December 2014. It is not available in English.