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Journal of the 1117th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
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Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Albania, H.E. Ditmir Bushati. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions. Prior to taking up agenda item 4, the Chairperson announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Permanent Council Decision No. 1223 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2016 Human Dimension Seminar. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1224 on forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. Update by the Secretary General on OSCE co-Operation with regional and international organizations. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. United Nations International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November. Sentencing of Mr. G. Ibrahimov in Azerbaijan. Ongoing police violence in the United States of America. Presidential elections in Moldova, held on 30 October 2016. Parliamentary elections in Georgia, held on 30 October 2016. Illegal economic and other activities in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Government pressure on freedom of expression and the media in Turkey. Use of force by Azerbaijan against the right to self-determination of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the OSCE, Ambassador V. Voronetsky. Budapest Water Summit 2016, to be held from 28 to 30 November 2016.
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