1295th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Addresses by the Personal Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Rabbi Andrew Baker, Ambassador Mehmet Paçacı, and Professor Regina Polak. Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. P. Maurer (Armenia, Annex 1). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Germany, also on behalf of France, Annex 2). Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 3). Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December. Violations of freedom of the media in Latvia. So-called elections in the Transdniestrian breakaway region of the Republic of Moldova. Concerns about democratic standards and violations of international obligations by the authorities in Ukraine. Joint statement by the heads of delegations of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Armenia, Annex 5). Victory Day in Patriotic War of Azerbaijan on 8 November 2020 (Azerbaijan, Annex 6). Presidential election in Portugal, to be held on 24 January 2021.