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The objective of this e-Meeting, co-organized by the OSCE and the Council of Europe on 3-4 November 2020, was to identify joint actions in addressing current human trafficking-related challenges in the region and foster the implementation of relevant OSCE commitments and CoE standards, with particular focus on responses connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inaugural remarks by the new OSCE Secretary General, H.E. Ms. Helga Schmid. Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Lord Peter Bowness. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1400 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Portugal-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Censorship of digital information in the United States of America. Detention of opposition politician Mr. A. Navalny in the Russian Federation. Visit of the Chairperson-in-Office to Ukraine on 19 and 20 January 2021 (Russian Federation, Annex 2). Presidential election and referendum in Kyrgyzstan, held on 10 January 2021. Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 10 January 2021. Parliamentary elections in Cyprus, to be held on 30 May 2021. Address by the President of Uzbekistan to the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) on 29 December 2020.

Delivered at the opening of the event, Tirana, 19 February 2021.

1300th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1300th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1300th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council