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1186th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, H.E. David Dondua. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Mr. John MacGregor. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Desecration of monuments in Poland. Violations of the linguistic rights of national minorities in Latvia. Violations of the rights of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation. Enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan. Human rights and the rule of law in Turkey. International Roma Day, observed on 8 April 2018. Police brutality in Kosovska Mitrovica and the illegal detention of Mr. M. Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Government of the Republic of Serbia. Concerns about freedom of expression and the detention of Mr. K. Mirsaidov in Tajikistan. Farewell to the Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OSCE, Mr. B. Güldere. Parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan, held on 25 March 2018. Midterm elections in the United States of America, culminating on 6 November 2018. General election in Sweden, to be held on 9 September 2018. Nerve agent attack in Salisbury, United Kingdom (United Kingdom, Annex 1; Estonia, Annex 2).

1181st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1181st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu (France, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Spain, Annex 2). Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border, Ambassador György Varga. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The case of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Mr. T. Kılıҫ, and recent detentions in Turkey. Violations of the rights of minorities in the European Union. Racism and police violence in the United States of America. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1287 on the use of cash surplus for strengthening the infrastructure of the OSCE. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1288 on approval of the 2018 Unified Budget (Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; France, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Austria, interpretative statement 5; Holy See, interpretative statement 6).

1176th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1175th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Programme of the conference "Language Policy and Conflict Prevention", 31 May 2018, Oslo.

Speech by Andreea Vesa, Human Rights Programme Manager, OSCE Mission to Moldova, on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Chisinau, 26 January 2018.

Report by the Special Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security, Ms. Anna-Katharina Deininger. The Permanent Council placed the decision on the extension of the mandate of the Programme Office in Dushanbe, the text of which is appended to this journal, under a silence procedure with the period of silence expiring on Thursday, 28 December 2017, at 3 p.m. CET. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Forty-second round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 12 and 13 December 2017. Violations of the linguistic rights of national minorities in Latvia. Inaugural remarks by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, H.E. Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign. Farewell statement by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, to be held on 18 March 2018.