May 2016 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, H.E. Marina Kaljurand. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Ivo Petrov. Report by the Secretary General on OSCE activities to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (France, Annex). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1207 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Netherlands-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Canada, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). Release of Ms. N. Savchenko from prison in the Russian Federation. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Foreign terrorist fighters from the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine. International Day of Families, observed on 15 May. Ban on Russian media in Latvia. Protection of unaccompanied migrant children in the European Union. The death penalty in Belarus. Freedom of assembly in Kazakhstan. Cases of Mr. A. Avakian and his lawyer Mr. O. Kobilov in Uzbekistan. Referendum on amendments to the Constitution of Tajikistan. Postponement of elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Release of Ms. K. Ismayilova in Azerbaijan. Lifting of parliamentary immunity in Turkey. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.