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1401st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1408th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Statement marking International Women’s Day on 8 March 2019 by the Chairperson of the Menengage Network, Ambassador Andrej Benedejčič (Annex 1). Review of OSCE instruments and mechanisms in line with global sand regional needs: – Presentation by Ms. N. Allgaier, Conventional Arms Branch, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs; – Presentation by Colonel R. Shamil’evich Yaushev, Head of Group, Main Directorate of International Military Co-operation, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; – Presentation by Lieutenant Colonel N. Luković, Head of the Logistics Development Section, Ministry of Defence of Montenegro (Armenia, Annex 2; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine. Large-scale military exercise in Azerbaijan being conducted from 11 to 15 March 2019 (Armenia, Annex 4; Azerbaijan, Annex 5).

Open Skies Treaty Observation Flights from Entry-Into-Force to May 2013.

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Nikola Poposki. Update by the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Western Balkans, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann. Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Detention of human rights defenders Ms. E. Urlaeva and Mr. A. Farmonov in Uzbekistan. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, held on 7 June 2015. The death penalty in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson drew the attention of the Permanent Council to a joint press release issued by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and the OSCE Secretary General condemning the murder of Russian opposition politician Mr. Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015. Several delegations delivered statements in response to the Chairperson’s announcement. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Abduction of the Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Parliamentary elections in Tajikistan held on 1 March 2015. The ODIHR and Council of Europe Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Association, launched in Geneva on 5 March 2015. Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2015. Recent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 1). Ceasefire violations along the Line of Contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border (Armenia, Annex 2). Statement by the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2015. Ratification by Mongolia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

953rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, H.E. George Vella. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador György Szabó. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abolition of the death penalty in the state of Nebraska, United States of America. Detention of human rights defenders Ms. E. Urlaeva and Mr. A. Farmonov in Uzbekistan. International Day for Protection of Children, observed on 1 June 2015. Proposed amendments to education legislation in Latvia. Situation of the Romani people in Norway. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Reform efforts aimed at strengthening democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine.