May 2017 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian Checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian Border, Colonel Flavien Schaller. Update on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan (Chairperson, Annex 1; Malta-European Union, Annex 2; Russian Federation, Annex 3), Armenia, Annex 4), Azerbaijan, Annex 5). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Violence in the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Designation under Russian law of so-called “undesirable” non-governmental organizations – Open Russia, the Open Russia Civic Movement and the Institute of Modern Russia. Human rights violations in the United States of America. Seventy-second anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, to be observed on 9 May 2017. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May 2017. Call for an investigation into the death of Mr. M. Galandarov. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Finland to the OSCE, Ambassador K. Pehrman. Parliamentary elections in Malta, to be held on 3 June 2017.