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November 2014 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the November 2014 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1028th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1138 on forwarding of draft documents to the Ministerial Council. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1139 on the extension of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1140 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1141 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1142 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1143 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1144 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1145 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Italy-European Union (Annex); Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Turkey, interpretative statement 5). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1146 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1147 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1148 on the extension of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. So-called treaty between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia on alliance and strategic partnership. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and violation of the Minsk agreements by the Central Government of Ukraine. Reaction in the United States of America to the Ferguson grand jury decision regarding the death of Michael Brown. The new law on Islam in Austria. Russian citizens expelled from Latvia. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
58th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co operation and the Permanent Council
The fight against transnational threats in the Mediterranean region: – Address by the Secretary of State for Security of Spain, H.E. Francisco Martínez Vázquez; – Address by the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Ambassador Ali El Mhamdi.
1027th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1137 on the timetable and organizational modalities of the Twenty-First Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
Address by the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini. Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Astrid Thors. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1135 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Italy-European Union, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1136 on forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and violation of the Minsk agreements by the Central Government of Ukraine. Investigations into incidents at Maidan, Kyiv, and in Odessa, Ukraine. International Day for Tolerance, observed on 16 November 2014. Universal Children’s Day, observed on 20 November 2014. Pressure on the Russia Today channel in the United Kingdom. Response to the statement made by the Russian Federation at the 1025th meeting of the Permanent Council on the protection of the rights of children in the OSCE area. Joint statement of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries on transnational threats. Response to the statement made by the Russian Federation at the 1019th meeting of the Permanent Council on the general elections in Sweden held on 14 September 2014. Non-compliance with international humanitarian law by Azerbaijan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Abduction of an Estonian police officer, Mr. E. Kohver. High-level commemorative event being held in Berlin on 13 November 2014 to mark the tenth anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Conference on Anti-Semitism and remembrance of the Kristallnacht on the occasion of its 76th anniversary on 9 November 2014. Protection of the rights of children in the OSCE area. Aggressive nationalism, extremism, racism and neo-Nazism in the OSCE area. Political situation in Kosovo. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Position of the Spanish Government on the so-called “process of civic engagement” held in the autonomous community of Catalonia on 9 November 2014 (Spain, Annex).
Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions. Presentations by the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Ms. June Zeitlin, and the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners, Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Napiontek. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1134 on the transfer of ownership to the Parties to the Agreement on Subregional Arms Control, Annex 1-B, Article IV of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine’s non-compliance with the Minsk Protocol. United Nations International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Attack on an LGBTI centre in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Amnesty and release of civil society activists in Azerbaijan. Release of eight Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkmenistan. The death penalty in Belarus. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
1022nd Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan. So-called “elections” in certain areas of Donbas, Ukraine. Humanitarian assistance to the Donbas areas of Ukraine.