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July 2018 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the July 2018 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1193rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the State Secretary and Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic for the Slovak 2019 OSCE Chairmanship, Mr. Lukáš Parízek. 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. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1303 on the theme, agenda and modalities for the 27th Economic and Environmental Forum. Concerns about the sentencing of six journalists of the newspaper “Zaman” in Turkey. Concerns about the sentencing of Mr. K. Mirsaidov in Tajikistan. Abduction of Mr. D. Askerov and Mr. S. Guliyev by Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. High-level event “Climate, Peace and Security: The Time for Action”, held in Brussels on 22 June 2018. Twenty-seventh Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Berlin from 7 to 11 July 2018.
Address by the Vice President of the Microsoft Corporation, Mr. John Frank, on the Digital Geneva Convention, with a Special Focus on the Cybersecurity Tech Accord. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Twenty-third anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
70th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Security Dialogue: Mediterranean – Security of the OSCE’s Southern Region: – Presentation by Rear Admiral E. Credendino, Commander of the European Union Naval Force – Mediterranean (Operation Sophia); – Presentation by Captain B. Geršak, Commander of the Slovenian Naval Force; – Presentation by Ms. A. Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador-at-Large of the King of Morocco.
Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Mr. Harlem Désir. Presentation by the Secretary General of the Annual Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2017 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1300 on amending OSCE Staff Regulations and Staff Rules. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1301 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1302 on the 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Education legislation in Latvia. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, marked on 26 June 2018. Situation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Rule of law and human rights defenders in Turkey. Rule of law and human rights defenders in the Russian Federation. Attacks on Roma settlements in Ukraine. Forty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 19 and 20 June 2018. Early presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, held on 24 June 2018. Release of the 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report by the United States Department of State.