1125th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Permanent Council adopted the Declaration on the deadly terrorist attack against the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea.
Report by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova. 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 the United States of America. Presidential elections in Uzbekistan, held on 4 December 2016. Human rights situation in Azerbaijan. International Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2016. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential election in Turkmenistan, to be held on 12 February 2017. Parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 11 December 2016. Parliamentary elections in Albania, to be held on 18 June 2017.
1122nd Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1235 on the timetable of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (France, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2).
Report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan (France (Annex). Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners, Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Napiontek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1234 on the amendment of the dates of the 25th Economic and Environmental Forum. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2016. Concern about the conviction of Kazakhstani civil society activists Mr. M. Bokayev and Mr. T. Ayan. Situation of the Russian media. The death penalty in Belarus. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. 18th European Union-Ukraine summit, held in Brussels on 24 November 2016.