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Address by the President of the Venice Commission, Mr. Gianni Buquicchio. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth (Greece, Annex 1). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1129 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1130 on the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; Austria, Annex 2). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1131 on the theme, agenda and modalities for the Twenty-Third Economic and Environmental Forum. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Abduction of Ukrainian servicewoman Ms. N. Savchenko. Case of Mr. A. Sodiqov in Tajikistan. Sentencing of Mr. H. Huseynli in Azerbaijan. Ongoing human tragedy in Gaza. Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Romani Camp at Auschwitz on 2 August 1944. Detention of Ukrainian journalist Mr. A. Skiba. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. World Day against Trafficking in Persons, to be observed on 30 July 2014. Press release on the meetings between the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, respectively.

1012th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, Greece-European Union, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Serbia extended condolences to Afghanistan in connection with the landslide on 2 May 2014 in Badakhshan Province. Address by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova, H.E. Natalia Gherman. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Fletcher M. Burton. Presentation of the 2015 Programme Outline by the Secretary General. Current security challenges in the OSCE area and OSCE engagement with Ukraine. World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May 2014. The cases of Mr. R. Mirkadirov and of Mr. A. and Ms. L. Yunus in Azerbaijan. Situation of Roma in Ukraine. Sixty-ninth anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The death penalty in the United States of America. Permanent Council Decision No. 1121 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2014 Human Dimension Seminar. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Announcement by the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter issued on 7 May 2014 (see the annex to this journal), of the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/14, on the appointment of Mr. Michael Georg Link as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (see MC.DEC/1/14, the text of which is appended to this journal).

999th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

994th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

994th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

994th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Throughout the region of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Roma and Sinti face a number of human rights challenges in their interactions with law enforcement agencies, including ethnic profiling, the disproportionate or excessive use of force by the police and police failure to respond effectively to Roma and Sinti victims of crime, hate crime and racist violence.

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. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions. Permanent Council Decision No. 1095 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Permanent Council Decision No. 1096 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1097 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. Permanent Council Decision No. 1098 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Permanent Council Decision No. 1099 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Presidential elections in Tajikistan, held on 6 November 2013. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.