Resources
1159th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Director of the Office For Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Russian Federation, Annex 1; Canada, Annex 2; Tajikistan, Annex 3). Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General of the 2018 Unified Budget Proposal. Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Marcel Pesko. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Concerns about reported police abuse of gay and transgender people in Azerbaijan. Freedom of peaceful assembly in the Russian Federation. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OSCE, Ambassador M. da Graça Mira Gomes. Democracy and rule of law in Spain (Spain, Annex 4).