1041st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard. Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1159 on the OSCE 2014 year-end Unified Budget revision. Increasing terrorist threat in the Mediterranean region (Malta, Annex 1). Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. “Joint statement of dedication to reforms on the path to the European Union” prepared by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process (Armenia, Annex 2). Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Kazakhstan, to be held on 26 April 2015. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, to be held on 7 June 2015.