December 2018 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Address by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, H.E. Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Presentation by the Chairperson of the Economic and Environmental Committee. Report by the Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security, Ms. Anna-Katharina Deininger, Mr. Riccardo Pozzi and Mr. Matteo Pugliese. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1319 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement ; Austria-European Union, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Ukraine, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1320 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1321 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. 46th round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 11 and 12 December 2018. Violation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and formation of the Kosovo Armed Forces by Pristina (Cyprus, Annex 1; Greece, Annex 2). Constitutional transition of the Kosovo Security Force and the promotion of regional security (United Kingdom, also on behalf of Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, Annex 3). Moscow Mechanism Invoked by 16 Participating States (France, also on behalf of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Annex 4; Ukraine, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6). Awarding of the OSCE Medal to H.E. Ms. Dunja Mijatović. Farewell statement by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the OSCE, Ambassador A. Kirakossian. Adoption of United Nations General Assembly resolution 73/128 on “Enlightenment and Religious Tolerance” on 12 December 2018.