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October 2019 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the October 2019 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1245th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Mr. George Tsereteli. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Report by the Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Continuation of provocative actions by the authorities in Priština. Recent developments in Kosovo. Concerns about the accreditation of journalists from Radio Ozodi in Tajikistan. Presentation of the fourth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity during the Aurora Forum held in Yerevan from 14 to 21 October 2019.
Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Dr. Claus Neukirch. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. 49th round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 8 and 9 October 2019. Seventh Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, held in Baku on 15 October 2019 (Azerbaijan, Annex 1). Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, held in Ashgabat on 11 October 2019. Democracy and the rule of law in Spain (Spain, Annex 2). 23rd World Congress on Information Technology, held in Yerevan from 6 to 9 October 2019. Second anniversary of the murder of journalist and blogger Ms. D. Caruana Galizia (Malta, Annex 3).
75th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Security Dialogue on the Structured Dialogue: Report by the Chairperson of the Informal Working Group on the Structured Dialogue (Austria, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2).
Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Marcel Peško. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. European and World Day Against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October. Russian Energy Week 2019, held in Moscow from 2 to 5 October 2019. Presidential election in Romania, to be held on 10 November 2019.
Report by the Chief Observer of the OCSE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Ambassador György Varga. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger, of the 2020 Unified Budget Proposal. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Russian Federation, Annex 1). Violation of the educational rights of national minorities in Latvia. Violation of freedom of peaceful assembly in the United States of America, Canada and some Member States of the European Union. Continuing restrictions on freedom of the media in the Russian Federation. General election in Spain, to be held on 10 November 2019 (Spain, Annex 2). Fifth Eastern Economic Forum, held from 4 to 6 September 2019 in Vladivostok, Russian Federation. Early parliamentary elections in San Marino, to be held on 8 December 2019. Local elections in Bulgaria, to be held on 27 October 2019.