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Agenda and Organizational Modalities of the 2015 OSCE Mediterranean Conference.

Op-ed by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Florian Raunig, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2015.

Vienna, 13 January 2016- Remarks by the OSCE Secretary General at the Vienna Conference of the Academic Council of the United Nations System

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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).

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Andrej Benedejčič, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Maria da Graca Mira Gomes, the new Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Alexander Lukashevich, and the new Permanent Representative of Estonia to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Eve-Külli Kala. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Presentation by the Secretary General of the Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality. 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 and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Sentencing of Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Release of political prisoners in Belarus. Sentencing of Ms. K. Ismayilova. Expulsion of Latvian human rights defenders from Lithuania. The migration crisis in the OSCE area. The death penalty in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, to be held on 1 November 2015. Reform efforts at strengthening democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine. Parliamentary elections in Portugal, to be held on 4 October 2015 (Portugal, Annex). Parliamentary elections in Greece, to be held on 20 September 2015. Referendum in Bulgaria, to be held on 25 October 2015.

Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the PC and the Chairperson of the FSC. Activation of Paragraph 16.3 of the Vienna Document 2011 on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures, Chapter III “Mechanism for consultation and co-operation as regards unusual military activities”, Paragraph 16.3 “Meeting of all participating states regarding unusual military activities.”

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