The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1308 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Austria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1309 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1310 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (Kazakhstan, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1311 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1312 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1313 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1314 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1315 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1316 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.
1204th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The latest Russian act of unprovoked armed aggression against Ukraine. Ukrainian military provocation in the Black Sea and violation of international law.
Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Mr. Harlem Désir (United Kingdom, Annex). Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Clemens Koja. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Detention of civil society representatives in Turkey. Grave violations of the human rights of indigenous peoples in Canada. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor.
Address by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
71st Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Report by the Chairperson of the Informal Working Group on the Structured Dialogue (Germany, Annex 1; Romania, Annex 2). Briefing on the military exercise “Century of Victors 1918–2018”, conducted in Serbia on 9 and 10 November 2018 (Serbia, Annex 3).
1201st Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report on the activities of the Chairmanship-in-Office. Illegal and fake so-called “elections” in the Russia-occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. The expression of the will of the people in Donbass.
Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Marcel Peško. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1307 on the timetable of the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Austria-European Union, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3). Address by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group, Colonel Vladimir Minarik. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Upholding OSCE commitments in the treatment of Mr. I. Yerimbetov in Kazakhstan. Killing of Ukrainian activist Ms. K. Handziuk. Early parliamentary elections in Armenia, to be held on 9 December 2018. Outstanding payments to the Hofburg Congress Centre related to the Joint Consultative Group (JCG).