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1343rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, H.E. Marina Kaljurand. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Ivo Petrov. Report by the Secretary General on OSCE activities to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (France, Annex). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1207 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). Release of Ms. N. Savchenko from prison in the Russian Federation. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Foreign terrorist fighters from the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine. International Day of Families, observed on 15 May. Ban on Russian media in Latvia. Protection of unaccompanied migrant children in the European Union. The death penalty in Belarus. Freedom of assembly in Kazakhstan. Cases of Mr. A. Avakian and his lawyer Mr. O. Kobilov in Uzbekistan. Referendum on amendments to the Constitution of Tajikistan. Postponement of elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Release of Ms. K. Ismayilova in Azerbaijan. Lifting of parliamentary immunity in Turkey. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

662nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1336th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Permanent Council Decision No. 1090 on the agenda for the 2013 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (United States of America, interpretative statement) (Lithuania-European Union, Annex). Permanent Council Decision No. 1091 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Permanent Council Decision No. 1092 on the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

662nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the OSCE, Ambassador Vittorio Rocco di Torrepadula. Report by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek. Decision No. 1086 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Response to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on xenophobia, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. Responses to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on demonstrations against same-sex marriage in the OSCE area. Eighteenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fortieth anniversary of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, marked on 7 July 2013. Safety of journalists in the OSCE area. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Koray Targay. Financial report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. Permanent Council Decision No. 1085 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2013 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Twenty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 and 26 June 2013. Presidential elections in Mongolia, held on 26 June 2013. Suspension order imposed on the non-governmental organization Golos in the Russian Federation. Human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the Russian Federation. Xenophobia, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. The Voting Rights Act in the United States of America. Report on the activites of the Chairperson-in-Office.