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May 2019 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the May 2019 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1230th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Claus Neukirch. Farewell to the outgoing Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Excessive use of force by special police units in the north of Kosovo and Metohija. Continuing efforts by the Kosovo police to combat corruption. Early presidential election in Kazakhstan, to be held on 9 June 2019. Early parliamentary election in Ukraine, to be held on 21 July 2019.
74th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Security Dialogue: Structured Dialogue – Report by H.E. Ambassador Jeroen Boender, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the OSCE, Chairperson of the Informal Working Group on the Structured Dialogue.
Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Law of Ukraine on ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as the State Language. The Russian Federation’s actions against Lithuanian officials and Lithuania’s judicial system.
Report by the OSCE Project Co-Ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador John MacGregor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1329 on the 2019 supplementary budget for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (United States of America, interpretative statement). Briefing by the Chairmanship-in-Office on the Informal Ministerial Gathering. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, observed on 17 May 2019. The 75th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people from Crimea by the Soviet regime. Threats to the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania. General election in Denmark, to be held on 5 June 2019.
Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May 2019. 74th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, celebrated on 9 May 2019. Second round of the North Macedonian presidential election, held on 5 May 2019.
Presentation by the Chairperson of the Security Committee. Presentation of the 2020 Programme Outline by the Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1328 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Romania-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May 2019. Violation of the freedoms of assembly and expression in Turkey. Second round of the Ukrainian presidential election, held on 21 April 2019. International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture, marked on 5 May 2019. Meeting with leaders of the Western Balkans held in Berlin on 29 April 2019.