960th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the OSCE, Ambassador Vittorio Rocco di Torrepadula. Report by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek. Decision No. 1086 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Response to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on xenophobia, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. Responses to a statement by the Russian Federation made at the 959th meeting of the Permanent Council on demonstrations against same-sex marriage in the OSCE area. Eighteenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fortieth anniversary of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, marked on 7 July 2013. Safety of journalists in the OSCE area. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.