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820th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, Latvia-European Union, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and the Holy See extended condolences to Georgia in connection with the recent flooding in Tbilisi. Georgia thanked delegations for their expressions of condolences. Report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1171 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2015 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) (Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Moldova, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Ukraine, interpretative statement 4; Georgia, interpretative statement 5; Russian Federation, Annex 1). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1172 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1173 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Turkey, interpretative statement 3; Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction of Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana on 10 and 11 June 2015. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Municipal and county council elections in Norway, to be held on 14 September 2015.

Minutes of the proceedings

This Opinion was issued upon the request by the Chair of the Constitutional Committee of the Parliament of Italy.

Financial contribution to the projects on destroying aircraft cluster bombs in Georgia and to the melange project in Ukraine (statement by the Delegation of Sweden annexed). Financial contribution to the project on the disposal of hazardous chemicals in Albania. Forum for Security Co-operation Decision No. 20/11 on an experts level session on small arms and light weapons stockpile management, surplus reduction and destruction (statement by the Delegation of Sweden annexed). Ninth annual consultations on the review of the implementation of the Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in the Naval Field in the Black Sea, held in Vienna on 14 December 2011 (statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation annexed). Closing statement by the Chairperson of the FSC, H.E. Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov (annexed).

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson expressed condolences to Georgia in connection with the recent flooding in that country. Georgia thanked the Chairperson for the expression of sympathy. Presentations by Mr. W. Richter, German Institute for International and Security Affairs; Lieutenant Colonel B. van der Molen, Deputy Commander, Benelux Arms Control Agency; Mr. A. Zagorski, Head of Department, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences; and presentation entitled “Sub-regional arms control – lessons learned”, by Major General M. Torres, former Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords (Croatia (also on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, Annex 1). Situation in and around Ukraine. Regional seminar on mine clearance, held in Minsk from 9 to 11 June 2015. United States of America’s 2014 Department of State report entitled “Adherence to and compliance with arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament agreements and commitments”. Plans to deploy military equipment on NATO’s eastern flank (Ukraine, Annex 2).

Security Dialogue: Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 – presentations by Ms. B. Aitimova, Chairperson of the Informal Working Group on Gender Issues; Mr. A. Häikiö, Adviser, Ministry of the Interior of Finland; and Ms. M. Beham, Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Office of the Secretary General (Kazakhstan, also on behalf of Austria, Finland and Turkey, Annex 1). The Forum for Security Co-operation agreed to forward the letter from the Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation to the Chairperson of the Permanent Council on the 2015 Annual Security Review Conference. Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 2). Multilateral military exercises to be conducted in the Baltic Sea from 5 to 20 June 2015 and in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland from 8 to 19 June 2015. Financial contribution to the small arms and light weapons project in Ukraine (Germany, Annex 3). Financial contribution to the project on the disposal of hazardous chemicals in Albania (Norway, Annex 4). Second Annual Meeting of the OSCE Points of Contact on United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, held in Belgrade on 27 May 2015 (Serbia, Annex 5).