956th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Georgia to the OSCE, Ambassador K. Zaldastanishvili, who delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of his post. Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Permanent Council Decision No. 1084 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2013 Annual Security Review Conference (Ireland-European Union, interpretative statement, attachment 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2). Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, Ambassador Natalia Zarudna. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador György Szabó. Recent protests in Turkey. Human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the Russian Federation. Media defamation suits and judicial integrity in Slovakia. Violation of the right to privacy by the United States of America. Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.