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766th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Joint statement on 23 April 2015 by the representatives of the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ), Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU), and the National Union of the Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).

Report by Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1150 on the extension of the OSCE ERP Upgrade Fund. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1151 on the revision of the 2014 Unified Budget. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1152 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1153 on an OSCE Programme Office in Astana (Kazakhstan, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Italy-European Union, interpretative statement 3). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1154 on the dates and venue of the 2015 OSCE Asian Conference. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1155 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1156 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. 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. Foreign terrorist fighters from the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine. Thirtieth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 9 and 10 December 2014. Freedom of the media in Turkey (Turkey, Annex). “Committee 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. Human rights situation in Sweden. Protection of the rights of children in the United States of America. Rights of national minorities in Lithuania. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Security situation in Libya. Farewell statement by the Swiss Chairmanship.

Implementation assessment in respect of the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons and the OSCE Document on Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition.

Date of the 2014 Meeting of the Heads of Verification Centres.

Presentations on: – Civil and Political Rights of Armed Forces Personnel, by Mr. M. G. Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR); – The Position of Women in the French Ministry of Defence, by Ms. F. Gaudin, Senior Civil Servant for Equality of Rights (Finland, Annex 1; Switzerland, Annex 2). Situation in and around Ukraine.

1028th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Opening Speech Regional Conference and Consultations on UNSCR 1325 Implementation in the OSCE Region in Vinius, on 20 April 2015