1021st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Mr. Michael Georg Link, on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Report by the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Dr. Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden. Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, held on 26 October 2014. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Russian NGOs Memorial Society and Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers. Proposal of the so-called treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on alliance and integration. Degrading treatment of Azerbaijani hostages and continuing grave violations of international humanitarian law by Armenia. Rights of children in Norway. Foreign fighters in Ukraine. Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Paris Summit on Nagorno-Karabakh, held on 27 October 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.