982nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, H.E. Sebastian Kurz. Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, H.E. Peter Maurer. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on 27 January 2014. The death penalty in Belarus. The death penalty in the United States of America. Review of signals intelligence programmes in the United States of America. XXII Olympic Winter Games, to be held in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Response to a statement by the United States of America on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan made at the 981st meeting of the Permanent Council. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Deployment of an election support team to Afghanistan. Elections to the European Parliament to be held between 22 and 25 May 2014. Federal and regional elections in Belgium, to be held on 25 May 2014. Parliamentary elections in Serbia, to be held on 16 March 2014 (Serbia, Annex).