1189th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, H.E. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Report by the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Natalya Drozd. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1295 on the dates of the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the topics for the second part of the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Turkey, interpretative statement 2). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1296 on the topic and dates of the Human Dimension Seminar in Warsaw (Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1297 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2018 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. The death penalty in Belarus and in the United States of America. Detention of Mr. O. Titiev, head of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, in the Russian Federation. “5+2” talks as part of the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Rome on 29 and 30 May 2018. General elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to be held on 7 October 2018.