August 2021 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson informed the Permanent Council that the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter (Annex) issued on 18 March 2021, had announced the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 1/21 on the 2021 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1411 on the recommendation to the Ministerial Council to adopt a decision on the dates of the 2021 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1412 on the recommendation to the Ministerial Council to adopt a decision on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2021 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) (Armenia, interpretative statement). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1413 on the approval of the 2021 Unified Budget (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Slovenia-European Union, interpretative statement 2; Norway, also on behalf of Switzerland, interpretative statement 3; Azerbaijan, interpretative statement 4; Armenia, interpretative statement 5; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 6).

Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Deteriorating situation in Ukraine and continued non-implementation by the Ukrainian authorities of the Minsk agreements. Thirteenth anniversary of the savage operation of the Georgian armed forces against the population of South Ossetia. Thirteen years since the full-scale military aggression against Georgia by the Russian Federation. The one-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus (Lithuania, Annex 1; Annex 2). International Youth Day, observed on 12 August 2021.