April 2017 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Jonathan Moore. The Permanent Council adopted the Declaration of Support for the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Following the Tragic Incident That Occurred on 23 April 2017 (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Malta-European Union, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1250 on the Programme Office in Bishkek (Malta-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Kyrgyzstan, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Continued reports of arrests and murders of homosexual men by the Chechen authorities. Misuse of laws on terrorism and extremism to restrict freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief in the Russian Federation. Ministerial Statement of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the inadmissibility of discrimination and intolerance against Christians, Muslims and members of other confessions. Tenth anniversary of the tragic events in Tõnismägi Square, Tallinn. Referendum on constitutional amendments in Turkey, held on 16 April 2017. Response to a statement made at the 1137th plenary meeting of the Permanent Council by Malta-European Union on the cases of Ms. E. Urlaeva and Mr. A. Farmonov in Uzbekistan. The death penalty in the United States of America. Election observation activities of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI), to be held in Kazan, Russian Federation, from 13 to 15 July 2017. Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, to be held on 8 June 2017.