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October 2021 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the October 2021 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1342nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report of the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, Ambassador György Varga, for the period 17 August–30 September 2021 (Hungary, Annex 1). Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen. 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. Democracy and democratic elections in the OSCE region. Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Presidential election in Uzbekistan, held on 24 October 2021.
1341st Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1416 on the topic and dates of the 2021 Human Dimension Seminar. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1417 on the agenda, timetable and other organizational modalities of the 2021 Human Dimension Seminar (Chairperson, Annex; Turkey, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2).
Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General, Ms. Helga Maria Schmid, of the 2022 Unified Budget Proposal (Russian Federation, Annex 1; Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Report of OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners, Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Helmut Napiontek. 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 3). The 21st anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. “UN Charter is our rules” campaign. Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in the OSCE area (Turkey, Annex 4). European and World Day against the Death Penalty. International Day of the Girl Child (Spain, also on behalf of Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America, Annex 5). On the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to the journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. 54th round of the Geneva International Discussions. Violation by Armenia of the provisions of the trilateral statement of 10 November 2020 (Azerbaijan, Annex 6). Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism: Remember – ReAct, held in Malmö, Sweden, on 13 October 2021. Fourth anniversary of the murder of the journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (Malta, Annex 7).
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. Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group issued on 8 October 2021 (Armenia, Annex).
Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen; Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik (Russian Federation, Annex). Execution of Mr. E. Johnson in the US state of Missouri.