947th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson expressed condolences to Serbia in connection with the mass shooting which occurred in Velika Ivanča, Serbia, on 9 April 2013. Serbia thanked the Chairperson for the condolences. The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Croatia to the OSCE, Ambassador D. Šimonović, who made a short speech to mark the assumption of her post. Address by the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Patricia Flor. Pardoning of Mr. Y. Lutsenko in Ukraine. Twenty-third round of the Geneva Discussions, held on 27 March 2013. Inspection of non-governmental organizations in the Russian Federation. Freedom of religion in Kazakhstan. International Roma Day, observed on 8 April 2013. Situation at the Guantánamo Detention Facility. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Death of the Foreign Service Officer Ms. A. Smedinghoff in Afghanistan. International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, to be held in Oslo on 15 and 16 April 2013. Tenth Slovak Annual Congress on Power and Energy entitled “Safety and Security of the Energy Infrastructure, Stable Investment Environment and Innovations – The Way to the Sustainable Energy Future”, to be held in Bratislava on 23 and 24 April 2013. Regional conference on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, held in Paris on 26 March 2013.