January 2017 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1237 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1238 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1239 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Malta-European Union, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1240 on the revision of the 2016 Unified Budget. Lack of consensus on the draft decision on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and on the draft decision on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.

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. Armed provocation by Azerbaijan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani State border. Continued violation by Armenia of its obligations under international humanitarian law by refusing to return the body of a deceased Azerbaijani serviceman. Abduction of two Azerbaijani civilians by Armenia in the occupied territories. Ensuring constitutional policing in the United States of America. Continued inclusion of civil society organizations in the register of “foreign agents” in the Russian Federation. Ensuring the linguistic rights of the Russian-speaking population of Lithuania. The case of journalist Mr. H. Dink. Destruction of cultural heritage in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. Situation around the extension of the Mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan (Azerbaijan, Annex 1). Non-implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and its implications for the OSCE Minsk Process (Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Extension of the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border (Switzerland, Annex 3). Parliamentary elections in Armenia, to be held on 2 April 2017. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, to be held from 1 to 3 June 2017.