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682nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1209 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1210 on the 2014 Financial Report and Financial Statements and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1211 on the Terms of Reference of the OSCE Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1212 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Slovakia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Kazakhstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017 and 2018. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June 2016. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people. Freedom of association in the Russian Federation. Release of the human rights defender Ms. S. Korur Fincancı and journalists Mr. E. Önderoğlu and Mr. A. Nesin in Turkey. Violation of the human rights of detainees in the European Union. Terrorist attacks that occurred during the holy month of Ramadan. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

945th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

944th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Latvia, Ambassador Bahtijors Hasans; the new Permanent Representative of Malta, Ambassador Keith Azzopardi; the new Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OSCE, Ambassador Daniel Baer; the new Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Maxime Lefebvre; and the new Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Makoto Taketoshi. Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Adam Kobieracki. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Ambassador Markus Mueller. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Participation of NGOs at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, to be held in Warsaw from 23 September to 4 October 2013. Ambassadorial visit to the Western Balkans from 8 to 13 September 2013.

1337th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

942nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1321st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

21ST OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, Second Preparatory Meeting, 16-17 April 2013, Kyiv

Recommendation to reappoint the OSCE Secretary General. Interpretative statements by the Chairmanship and by the Delegation of Ukraine attached.