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1236th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Co-operation of Afghanistan, H.E. Adela Raz. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The death penalty in Kazakhstan. Continued efforts to silence and intimidate independent voices and civil society in the Russian Federation. Human rights situation in Turkey. The ban on the President of the World Chess Federation, Mr. K. Ilyumzhinov, entering the United States of America. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in the United States of America, held on 8 November 2016.

This Joint Opinion was prepared by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request from the Chair of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.

1409th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Security Dialogue: Security Situation In Georgia: Presentations by H.E. Mr. D. Dondua, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Mr. K. Jankauskas, Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia. The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 3/16 on the date of the 2016 meeting of the Heads of Verification Centres. Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2). Distribution of revised food-for-thought papers and proposals for Vienna Document Plus draft decisions regarding Chapter IV, Contacts, on pooling and improving the co-ordination of contact measures (FSC.DEL/34/16/Rev.1 OSCE+) and on reporting on measures in accordance with the Vienna Document (FSC.DEL/35/16/Rev.1 OSCE+) (Germany, Annex 3).

1408th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Situation in and around Ukraine. The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 6/19 on the agenda and modalities of the thirtieth Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. Informal Meeting on Normative and Practical Aspects of OSCE Efforts in the Field of Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, to be held on 26 November 2019 (Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, Latvia, Annex 1). Response to the Russian Federation’s statement on the military exercise “Center-2019” delivered at the 929th plenary meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation on 30 October 2019 (United Kingdom, Annex 2).