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Statement by the Luxembourgian EU Presidency on the migration and refugee crisis in the OSCE area
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
Collections: 1067th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1067th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Permanent Council Decision No. 1172
Publishing date: 18 June 2015
Collections: 1060th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4).
Improving Co-operation to Prevent the Movement of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
Publishing date: 16 October 2015
Collections: Speeches by the OSCE Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Remarks by Thomas Wuchte, OSCE Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues, at the 11th Symposium of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Machine Readable Travel Documents, Montreal,14-16 October 2015.
Journal of the 1061st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
Collections: 1061st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, H.E. Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1174 on the dates and agenda of the 2015 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2014 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. 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. Refusal of entry to Finland for the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Love, justice and equality in the United States of America. United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June 2015. Right to peaceful assembly in Armenia. Political pluralism in Tajikistan. Concern over anti-Roma statements in Slovakia and anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria. World Refugee Day, observed on 20 June 2015. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the OSCE, Ambassador D. Šimonović, and to the Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the OSCE, Ambassador T. Greminger. Reform efforts aimed at strengthening democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine. Release of the 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the United States Department of State. Presidential elections in Belarus, to be held on 11 October 2015.
Journal of the 1060th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 18 June 2015
Collections: 1060th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, Latvia-European Union, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and the Holy See extended condolences to Georgia in connection with the recent flooding in Tbilisi. Georgia thanked delegations for their expressions of condolences. Report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1171 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2015 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) (Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Moldova, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Ukraine, interpretative statement 4; Georgia, interpretative statement 5; Russian Federation, Annex 1). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1172 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1173 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (United States of America, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Turkey, interpretative statement 3; Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). 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 of Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana on 10 and 11 June 2015. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Municipal and county council elections in Norway, to be held on 14 September 2015.
Journal of the 1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
Collections: 1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Nikola Poposki. Update by the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Western Balkans, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann. Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard. 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. Illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Detention of human rights defenders Ms. E. Urlaeva and Mr. A. Farmonov in Uzbekistan. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, held on 7 June 2015. The death penalty in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
Collections: 1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Latvian EU Presidency in response to the report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
Collections: 1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1059th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Permanent Council Decision No. 1160
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
Collections: 1044th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Latvia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4).
Journal of the 1041st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 26 February 2015
Collections: 1041st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard. Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1159 on the OSCE 2014 year-end Unified Budget revision. Increasing terrorist threat in the Mediterranean region (Malta, Annex 1). 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. “Joint statement of dedication to reforms on the path to the European Union” prepared by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process (Armenia, Annex 2). Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Kazakhstan, to be held on 26 April 2015. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, to be held on 7 June 2015.