1209th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Corruption, Ms. Paola Severino. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee and of the Human Dimension Committee. 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 the United States of America. Ukrainian military provocation in the Black Sea. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OSCE, Ambassador J. Pereira Gomes. Human Rights Day, celebrated on 10 December 2018. Death of Russian activist Ms. L. Alexeyeva on 8 December 2018. Presidential election in Georgia, held on 28 November 2018. Early parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on 9 December 2018. Third Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide, held in Yerevan from 9 to 11 December.