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Discussion on the outcome of the 2014 Ministerial Council in Basel. Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 1). Financial contribution to the Trust Fund for Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition Projects (Germany, Annex 2; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annex 3; Czech Republic, Annex 4; Montenegro, Annex 5).

Report by the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism; on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims; on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of other Religions. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and violation of the Minsk agreements by the Central Government of Ukraine. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Human Rights Day observed on 10 December 2014. “Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program”, published by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on 9 December 2014. Case of Ms. K. Ismayilova in Azerbaijan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1409 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Slovenia-European Union, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 5; United States of America, interpretative statement 6).

1007th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1007th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Inside the Aarhus Centres – OSCE Side Event, Maastricht, 30 June 2014

Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Abduction of an Estonian police officer, Mr. E. Kohver. High-level commemorative event being held in Berlin on 13 November 2014 to mark the tenth anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Conference on Anti-Semitism and remembrance of the Kristallnacht on the occasion of its 76th anniversary on 9 November 2014. Protection of the rights of children in the OSCE area. Aggressive nationalism, extremism, racism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. Political situation in Kosovo. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Position of the Spanish Government on the so-called “process of civic engagement” held in the autonomous community of Catalonia on 9 November 2014 (Spain, Annex).

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Mr. Michael Georg Link. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1247 on the establishment of the OSCE Information Security Enhancement Fund. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1248 on the agenda, timetable and organizational modalities of the 2017 OSCE Asian Conference. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1249 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Maltese EU Presidency, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Thirty-ninth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 28 and 29 March 2017. International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2017. Parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on 2 April 2017. Proposed legislation affecting foreign educational institutions in Hungary. Reports of arrests and murders of homosexual men by the Chechen authorities. Closure of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in the Russian Federation.

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Mr. Michael Georg Link, on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, held on 26 October 2014. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Russian NGOs Memorial Society and Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers. Proposal of the so-called treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on alliance and integration. Degrading treatment of Azerbaijani hostages and continuing grave violations of international humanitarian law by Armenia. Rights of children in Norway. Foreign fighters in Ukraine. Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Paris Summit on Nagorno-Karabakh, held on 27 October 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.