1100th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Ambassador Markus Müller. Presentation of the 2017 Programme Outline by the Secretary General. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1206 on the dates and venue of the 2016 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Seventy-first anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe and Europe Day. International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), to be observed on 17 May. The death penalty in Belarus. Violations of the rights of child migrants in the European Union. Seventy-second anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people by the Soviet regime. Fortieth anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group, observed on 12 May. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.