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1168th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, following her official visit to Denmark, 15-17 May 2017.

Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also Focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions; and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1273 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1274 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1275 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1276 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1277 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1278 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1279 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1280 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Estonia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1281 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget. “5+2” discussions on the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 November 2017. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2017. Amendments to the legislation affecting freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Mr. Jadranko Prlić, Mr. Bruno Stojić, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Milivoj Petković, Mr. Valentin Ćorić and Mr. Berislav Pušić. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor.

865th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

865th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

A summary of the recommendations, statements and positions drafted by the OSCE based on the ideas and suggestions raised during the conference “The Public-Private Partnership in the Fight Against Human Trafficking”, organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) in close co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on 20 and 21 July 2017 at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Bernd Borchardt. Update on OSCE Migration-Related Activities. Report by the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, Mr. Filippo Lombardi. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1272 on amending OSCE Financial Regulations. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Glorification of Nazism. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Mr. Ratko Mladić. National Dignity and Freedom Day, observed in Ukraine on 21 November 2017. International Conference on Security and Sustainable Development in Central Asia under the auspices of the United Nations “Central Asia: Shared Past and Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity”, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on 10 and 11 November 2017. Resolution marking the twentieth anniversary in 2018 of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

This fifth edition of Holocaust Memorial Days: An overview of remembrance and education in the OSCE region provides information on when, where, and how OSCE participating States promote the commemoration and study of the Holocaust and the extermination and persecution of Roma and Sinti, in line with their OSCE commitments. It features information on Holocaust commemoration, education and research, memorial sites and best practices, and is intended to assist participating States in their efforts to promote the education about and the commemoration of all victims of Nazi persecution.

Key recommendations and conclusions of the side-event on preventing violence against women organized by the OSCE Gender Section, UN Women and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Warsaw, 21 September 2017.