October 2020 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Dr. Claus Neukirch (Moldova, Annex 1). Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (Georgia, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 2). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 3; Turkey, Annex 4). Position of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Russian Federation, Annex 5; Azerbaijan, Annex 6; Armenia, Annex 7). Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 8).

Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1380 on the date and venue of the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1381 on the agenda, timetable and organizational modalities of the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Regarding the illegal checkpoints in the Security Zone, serious constraints on the free movement and human rights in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak (Moldova, Annex 1). Situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 2). Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 3). European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020. Attacks on freedom of opinion and expression and on media freedom in Belarus. The case of Mr. Y. Dmitriev. Parliamentary elections in Liechtenstein, to be held on 7 February 2021.