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Recent security incident affecting a patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

Address by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, H.E. Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Presentation by the Chairperson of the Economic and Environmental Committee. Report by the Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security, Ms. Anna-Katharina Deininger, Mr. Riccardo Pozzi and Mr. Matteo Pugliese. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1319 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement; Austria-European Union, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Ukraine, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1320 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1321 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. 46th round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 11 and 12 December 2018. Violation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and formation of the Kosovo Armed Forces by Pristina (Cyprus, Annex 1; Greece, Annex 2). Constitutional transition of the Kosovo Security Force and the promotion of regional security (United Kingdom, also on behalf of Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, Annex 3). Moscow Mechanism Invoked by 16 Participating States (France, also on behalf of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Annex 4; Ukraine, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6). Awarding of the OSCE Medal to H.E. Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Farewell statement by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the OSCE, Ambassador A. Kirakossian. Adoption of United Nations General Assembly resolution 73/128 on “Enlightenment and Religious Tolerance” on 12 December 2018.

846th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1289 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Canada, interpretative statement 1; to the decision; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 3; France, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1290 on the dates of the 2018 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Obstacles to the conducting of the Russian presidential election in the Russian Federation’s diplomatic institutions in Ukraine. Non-recognition of the illegal Russian election in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. Violations of children’s rights in the United Kingdom. Glorification of Nazism in Latvia. Uncorrected violations of international law and OSCE principles in connection with the 1999 bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, held on 18 March 2018. Inclusion of two organizations in the list of so-called “undesirable organizations” in the Russian Federation. Ensuring constitutional policing in the United States of America. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, held on 18 March 2018.

1198th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Current security situation in the OSCE area (Russian Federation, Annex 1; Romania, Annex 2).

Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also Focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions; and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. 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. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1273 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1274 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1275 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1276 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1277 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1278 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1279 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1280 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Estonia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1281 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget. “5+2” discussions on the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 November 2017. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2017. Amendments to the legislation affecting freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Mr. Jadranko Prlić, Mr. Bruno Stojić, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Milivoj Petković, Mr. Valentin Ćorić and Mr. Berislav Pušić. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor.

1401st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Current security situation in the OSCE area (Russian Federation, Annex).

1401st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council