November 2015 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva. Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ms. Astrid Thors. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1180 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1181 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1182 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1183 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1184 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1185 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Turkey, interpretative statement 3; Luxembourg-European Union, interpretative statement 4; Ukraine, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1186 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1187 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1188 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1189 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1190 on forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. 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. Release of Mr. A. Yunusov in Azerbaijan. Participation of members of terrorist groups in OSCE events (Tajikistan, Annex). Human Rights and Humanitarian Society Memorial in the Russian Federation. Release of Mr. M. Juraev in Uzbekistan. The death penalty in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. 2015 Valletta Summit on migration held on 11 and 12 November 2015.

Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Report 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, Colonel Markus Widmer. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Mr. Maxim Ryabkov. 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. Law on “foreign agents” in the Russian Federation. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Report by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights on the human rights situation of detainees at Guantánamo.