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Information Exchange by the Delegation of Finland on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 2 July 2020
Conventional Arms Transfer
Journal of the 1277th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 30 July 2020
Collections: 1277th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Forty-Fifth Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2019 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1373 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2019 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1374 on the extension of the OSCE Information Security Enhancement Fund. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Violations of human rights in the Baltic States. Persistent violation of the linguistic and educational rights of national minorities and other ethnic communities in Ukraine. Violence against the diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan in France, Sweden, Poland, the United States of America, the Netherlands and Belgium, and the need to implement obligations under international law and OSCE commitments (Azerbaijan, Annex 1). Promotion of hate crimes by Azerbaijan in the OSCE participating States (Armenia, Annex 2). Turkey’s aggressive policy and military posturing as a destabilizing factor in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Annex 3; Turkey, Annex 4; Azerbaijan, Annex 5). Human dimension violations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Passing of human rights defender Mr. Azimjan Askarov. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, observed on 30 July 2020. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Latvia to the OSCE, Ambassador J. Zlamets. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Canada to the OSCE, Ambassador N. Cayer.
Annual Information by the Delegation of Slovakia on SALW Identified as Surplus and/or Seized and Destroyed
Publishing date: 1 July 2020
Information Exchange on the SALW Identified as Surplus and/or Seized and Destroyed
Response by the Delegation of Belarus to the Questionnaire on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Publishing date: 1 July 2020
Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Georgia, Parliamentary Elections, 31 October 2020: Needs Assessment Mission Report
Publishing date: 27 August 2020
Following an invitation from the authorities of Georgia to observe the 31 October 2020 parliamentary elections, and in accordance with its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) undertook a Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) to Tbilisi from 3 to 8 August. The ODIHR NАМ included Vladimir Misev, ODIHR Senior Adviser on New Voting Technologies, and Kseniya Dashutsina, ODIHR Election Adviser. The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election environment and the preparations for the parliamentary elections. Based on this assessment, the NAM should recommend whether to deploy an ODIHR election-related activity for the forthcoming elections, and if so, what type of activity best meets the identified needs. Meetings were held with officials from state institutions, as well as with representatives of political parties, media, civil society, and international organizations.
Response by the Delegation of Denmark to the Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War
Publishing date: 30 June 2020
Information Exchange on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War
Information Exchange by the Delegation of Switzerland on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 30 June 2020
Conventional Arms Transfer
Information Exchange by the Delegation of the Czech Republic on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 30 June 2020
Conventional Arms Transfer
Response by the Delegation of Bulgaria to the Questionnaire on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Publishing date: 30 June 2020
Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology
Information Exchange by the Delegation of Poland on Conventional Arms Transfer
Publishing date: 30 June 2020
Conventional Arms Transfer