1118th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Co-operation of Afghanistan, H.E. Adela Raz. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The death penalty in Kazakhstan. Continued efforts to silence and intimidate independent voices and civil society in the Russian Federation. Human rights situation in Turkey. The ban on the President of the World Chess Federation, Mr. K. Ilyumzhinov, entering the United States of America. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in the United States of America, held on 8 November 2016.