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September 2021 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the September 2021 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1337th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Mr. Ruslan Kazakbaev. 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.Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Rise of neo-Nazism in the OSCE area as a consequence of the Munich Agreement of 1938 (Latvia, Annex 2). Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group issued on 24 September 2021 (Armenia, Annex 3; Azerbaijan, Annex 4; Turkey, Annex 5). Permanent deletion by YouTube of RT's German-language channels (Germany, Annex 6). Importance of civil society in the OSCE region. The 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. Situation in the north of Kosovo and agreed conclusions in Brussels on 30 September 2021.
Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2020 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1414 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1415 on the OSCE Observer Mission to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Slovenia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, also on behalf of Canada, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5). 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. Electoral methodology of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (United Kingdom, Annex 1). Foreign interference in the State Duma elections in the Russian Federation held from 17 to 19 September 2021 (Germany, Annex 2; Netherlands, Annex 3). State Duma, regional and local elections in the Russian Federation held from 17 to 19 September 2021 (Moldova, Annex 4). Early parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria, to be conducted on 14 November 2021 (Bulgaria, Annex 5).
Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Ms. Margareta Cederfelt. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Michael Davenport (Belgium, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Cyprus, Annex 2; Spain, Annex 3; Serbia, Annex 4). Update on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk (Chairperson, Annex 5; United Kingdom, Annex 6; Slovenia-European Union, Annex 7; Canada, Annex 8; Ukraine, Annex 9; Turkey, Annex 10; France, also on behalf of Germany, Annex 11; Georgia, Annex 12; Russian Federation, Annex 13). 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. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 14). Recent developments in Belarus. Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, and illegal detentions of Crimean Tatars. Thirty years since the Baltic States joined the OSCE (Latvia, also on behalf of Estonia and Lithuania, Annex 15).
Report by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco (Italy, Annex 1). Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Ambassador György Varga (Russian Federation, Annex 2; Germany, also on behalf of France, Annex 3). 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. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on 30 August 2021. Concerns over intensifying repression in the Russian Federation ahead of the elections to the State Duma, to be held on 19 September 2021. OSCE Secretariat’s response to the situation in Afghanistan.