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Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Report by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group, Colonel Markus Widmer. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Mr. Maxim Ryabkov. 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. Law on “foreign agents” in the Russian Federation. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Report by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights on the human rights situation of detainees at Guantánamo.

Contribution by the Head of OSCE Presence in Albania at the symposium on 25 years after the fall of communism, Tirana, Albania, 25 November 2015.

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, H.E. George Vella. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador György Szabó. 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. Abolition of the death penalty in the state of Nebraska, United States of America. Detention of human rights defenders Ms. E. Urlaeva and Mr. A. Farmonov in Uzbekistan. International Day for Protection of Children, observed on 1 June 2015. Proposed amendments to education legislation in Latvia. Situation of the Romani people in Norway. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Reform efforts aimed at strengthening democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine.

Address by Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to a public event on the role of education in conflict prevention organized by The Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague, the Netherlands, 1 October 2014.

The Chairperson, Greece-European the United States of America, the Russian Federation, Albania, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, the Holy See, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, San Marino, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Armenia, Turkmenistan, the Secretary General, Mongolia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Australia (Partner for Co-operation) extended condolences to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia in connection with the recent flooding in those countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia thanked delegations for their expressions of condolences. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergei Kapinos. Report by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Dr. Pal Dunay. Permanent Council Decision No. 1123 on approval of the 2014 Unified Budget (Russian Federation, also on behalf of Belarus, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Armenia, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; Greece-European Union, interpretative statement 5). Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Presidential elections in Ukraine, to be held on 25 May 2015. Election rights in the European Union. Human rights violations and restrictions on fundamental freedoms in Belarus. International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, observed on 17 May 2014. Presidential elections in Afghanistan, held on 5 April 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Bicentenary of Norway’s Constitution, observed on 17 May 2014.

1001st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council