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956th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Presentation on the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme (MONDEM) by H.E. M. Pejanović-Đurišić, Minister of Defence of Montenegro. Presentation on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law by Ambassador N. Lang, Ambassador-at-Large for the Application of International Humanitarian Law, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. Briefing by the Secretary General on the Security Days event on developing a new approach to conventional arms control, held in Vienna on 4 March 2013 (Austria, Annex 1). Exercise Joint Warrior, to be held in the United Kingdom from 15 to 25 April 2013 (United Kingdom, Annex 2). Forum for Security Co-operation Decision No. 1/13 on the Vienna Document Plus decision on changes in the context of the accession of Mongolia to the OSCE. Forum for Security Co-operation Decision No. 2/13 on the Vienna Document Plus decision on updating the title of the United Nations Instrument for Standardized International Reporting of Military Expenditures (Netherlands, also on behalf of Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, interpretative statement; Russian Federation, Annex 3).

Human Dimension Seminar on improving OSCE effectiveness by enhancing its co-operation with relevant regional and international organizations, Warsaw, 12-14 May 2014.

Dates of the 2013 Annual Security Review Conference

Address by the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Janet Napolitano. Announcement on the outcome of the silence procedure on the Ministerial Council Decision on the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General (letter by the Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, annexed). Ministerial Council Decision No. 2/11 on the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier (annexed).

Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Koray Targay. Financial report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. Permanent Council Decision No. 1085 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2013 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Twenty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 and 26 June 2013. Presidential elections in Mongolia, held on 26 June 2013. Suspension order imposed on the non-governmental organization Golos in the Russian Federation. Human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the Russian Federation. Xenophobia, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. The Voting Rights Act in the United States of America. Report on the activites of the Chairperson-in-Office.