1107th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1209 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1210 on the 2014 Financial Report and Financial Statements and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1211 on the Terms of Reference of the OSCE Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1212 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Slovakia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Kazakhstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017 and 2018. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June 2016. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people. Freedom of association in the Russian Federation. Release of the human rights defender Ms. S. Korur Fincancı and journalists Mr. E. Önderoğlu and Mr. A. Nesin in Turkey. Violation of the human rights of detainees in the European Union. Terrorist attacks that occurred during the holy month of Ramadan. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.