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Agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2016 Human Dimension Seminar.

Security Dialogue: “Women in The Armed Forces – Increasing The Representation Of Women In Decision-Making And Operations:” – Colonel B. Kassymova, Associate Professor of Military and State Governance, General Staff Department, National Defense University, Kazakhstan; – Lieutenant Colonel D. Azevedo, Military Advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic; – Ambassador M. Marinaki, EU/EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender and on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (Austria, also on behalf of Finland, Kazakhstan and Turkey, Annex 1; Croatia, Annex 2; United Kingdom, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 4; France, Annex 5). Large-scale military exercise conducted by the Russian Federation in the Pskov, Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions from 3 to 10 October 2016. Visit to an air base and military facility in Serbia conducted from 27 to 30 September 2016. Visit to an air base and military training facilities in Croatia conducted from 3 to 6 October 2016. Food-for-thought paper on options for follow-up to the OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar (Austria, Annex 6).

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 23 February 2017.

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1236 on forwarding of draft documents to the Ministerial Council.

The Permanent Council placed the decision on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2016 Human Dimension Seminar, the text of which is appended to this journal, under a silence procedure with the period of silence expiring on Wednesday, 2 November 2016, at 5 p.m. CET.

1120th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1235 on the timetable of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (France, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2).

Participants are kindly requested to fill in the Registration form and to send it to elke.lidarik@osce.org, not later than 24 March 2017

Security Dialogue: “Defence Co-Operation in the Mediterranean:” – Ambassador A. Mokrani, Director for the European Union and Specialized European Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria; – Brigadier General F. Vestito, Chief of the Experimentation Office at the Centre for Defence Innovation of the Italian Ministry of Defence; – Mr. N. Severiano Teixeira, Director of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations. Situation in and around Ukraine (Ukraine, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2). Adoption on 23 September 2016 of United Nations Security Council resolution 2310 on the maintenance of international peace and security.

1125th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council