1095th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex) issued on 23 March 2016, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/16 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Switzerland, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1205 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016. International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2016. Conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The death penalty in Belarus. The death penalty in the United States of America. Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016. Neo-Nazism in Latvia. Planned demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland. Violations by the United States of America of its OSCE commitments and international humanitarian law with regard to the Russian citizens Mr. K. Yaroschenko and Mr. V. Bout. On the banning of broadcasting of the Russian news agency “Sputnik”. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

Conference / meeting document

Journal of the 1095th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

7 April 2016 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United States of America

Decision / declaration

Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/16

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1095th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Journal of the 1095th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/16

Permanent Council Decision No. 1205

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, on 19 March, and in Brussels on 22 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, on 19 March, and in Brussels on 22 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of San Marino on the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, on 19 March, and in Brussels on 22 March 2016

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency in response to the report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden

Statement by the Delegation of Armenia in response to the report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the statements on the abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 20 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the International Roma Day, to be observed on 8 April 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the conviction of Mr. Radovan Karadžić by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the death penalty in Belarus

Statement by the Delegation of Norway, also on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, San Marino and Switzerland, on the death penalty in the United States of America

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the statement by the Delegation of Norway, also on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, San Marino and Switzerland, on the death penalty in the United States of America

Statement by the Dutch EU Presidency on the Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the Thirty-fifth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 22 and 23 March 2016

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on Neo-Nazism in Latvia

Second statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on Neo-Nazism in Latvia

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the planned demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland

Second statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the planned demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the violations by the United States of America of its OSCE commitments and international humanitarian law with regard to the Russian citizens Mr. K. Yaroschenko and Mr. V. Bout

Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on Mr. K. Yaroschenko and Mr. V. Bout

Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the banning of broadcasting of the Russian news agency “Sputnik”

Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office