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Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex) issued on 23 March 2016, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/16 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Switzerland, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1205 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016. International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2016. Conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The death penalty in Belarus. The death penalty in the United States of America. Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016. Neo-Nazism in Latvia. Planned demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland. Violations by the United States of America of its OSCE commitments and international humanitarian law with regard to the Russian citizens Mr. K. Yaroschenko and Mr. V. Bout. On the banning of broadcasting of the Russian news agency “Sputnik”. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Fletcher M. Burton. Permanent Council Decision No. 1082 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2013 Human Dimension Seminar (Ireland-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2). Celebration of Victory Day on 9 May 2013. Celebration of Europe Day on 9 May 2013. Abolition of the death penalty in Maryland, United States of America. Human rights situation in Belarus. The death penalty in Belarus. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

639th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council on November 23, 2006

Address by the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Mr. Goran Svilanović (statement by the Delegation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, also on behalf of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey, annexed). Freedom of religion or belief in Kazakhstan. Third “Heart of Asia” Ministerial Conference in the framework of the Istanbul Process, held in Almaty on 26 April 2013. Recent incident in the security zone of the Transdniestrian conflict on 26 and 27 April 2013. Administrative fines imposed on the non-governmental organization Golos in the Russian Federation. Barring of the non-governmental organization Centre for Civic Initiatives from the House of Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Combating manifestations of aggressive nationalism and of neo-Nazism. Ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Tymoshenko versus Ukraine. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May 2013.

Permanent Council Decision No. 1080 on the appointment of the External Auditor. Permanent Council Decision No. 1081 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (including Human Rights Youth Education on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination) (Ireland-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Holy See, Annex). Belgrade-Pristina agreement on the principles for the normalization of relations. Attack on Mr. Makhmadali Khait in Tajikistan. Commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-office. Release by the US Department of State of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012. Extrabudgetary activities in the OSCE. Meeting of the Contact Group with the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, held in Vienna on 19 April 2013.

The Chairperson, the Russian Federation, Ireland-European Union, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the Holy See, Kazakhstan, Canada, Israel (Partner for Co-operation), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Algeria (Partner for Co-operation), Jordan (Partner for Co-operation), Afghanistan (Partner for Co-operation) and Uzbekistan extended condolences to the United States of America in connection with the bombing at the Boston Marathon. The United States of America thanked the Permanent Council for its expression of sympathy. Address by the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, H.E. Yury Fedotov. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush. Permanent Council Decision No. 1079 on the dates of the 2013 Annual Security Review Conference. Closure of the Free Thought University in Azerbaijan. Suspension by the International Committee of the Red Cross of its visits to places of detention in Uzbekistan. Rights of children in the OSCE area. Situation at the Guantánamo detention facility. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Mongolia, to be held on 26 June 2013 (Mongolia, Annex). Decision by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Bureau to reactivate the 1997 Co-operation Agreement between the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

The Chairperson expressed condolences to Serbia in connection with the mass shooting which occurred in Velika Ivanča, Serbia, on 9 April 2013. Serbia thanked the Chairperson for the condolences. The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Croatia to the OSCE, Ambassador D. Šimonović, who made a short speech to mark the assumption of her post. Address by the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Patricia Flor. Pardoning of Mr. Y. Lutsenko in Ukraine. Twenty-third round of the Geneva Discussions, held on 27 March 2013. Inspection of non-governmental organizations in the Russian Federation. Freedom of religion in Kazakhstan. International Roma Day, observed on 8 April 2013. Situation at the Guantánamo Detention Facility. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Death of the Foreign Service Officer Ms. A. Smedinghoff in Afghanistan. International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, to be held in Oslo on 15 and 16 April 2013. Tenth Slovak Annual Congress on Power and Energy entitled “Safety and Security of the Energy Infrastructure, Stable Investment Environment and Innovations – The Way to the Sustainable Energy Future”, to be held in Bratislava on 23 and 24 April 2013. Regional conference on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, held in Paris on 26 March 2013.

Working Session 3: Addressing factors contributing to the cycle of trafficking in persons, Human Dimension Implementation Meeting Warsaw, 2-13 October 2006

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1203 on the agenda, timetable and organizational modalities of the 2016 OSCE Asian Conference (United States of America, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1204 on the recommendation to extend the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Kyrgyzstan, Annex). Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Lieutenant Colonel Simon Eugster. Second anniversary of the illegal occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Human rights of indigenous women and children in Canada. Violations of the rights of journalists in Latvia and Lithuania. Fundamental freedoms in the Russian Federation. Findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in Tajikistan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Permanent Council Decision No. 1076 on the dates of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Kazakhstan, interpretative statement 2). Permanent Council Decision No. 1077 on the topics for the second part of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Kazakhstan, interpretative statement 2; Norway, also on behalf of Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, interpretative statement 3). Permanent Council Decision No. 1078 on the topic and dates of the Human Dimension Seminar in Warsaw (Turkey, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2; Kazakhstan, interpretative statement 2).