1017th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Miroslav Lajčák. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. Report by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Florian Raunig. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Freedom of expression in the OSCE area. Detention of Ukrainian citizens in the Russian Federation. Detention of human rights defender Ms. Z. Mukhortova in Kazakhstan. Abduction of Estonian police officer Mr. E. Kohver. Intimidation of civil society in Hungary. Death of Mr. K. Petrosyan in custody in Azerbaijan. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan, to be held on 21 December 2014.