1061st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, H.E. Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1174 on the dates and agenda of the 2015 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2014 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. Refusal of entry to Finland for the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Love, justice and equality in the United States of America. United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June 2015. Right to peaceful assembly in Armenia. Political pluralism in Tajikistan. Concern over anti-Roma statements in Slovakia and anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria. World Refugee Day, observed on 20 June 2015. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Reform efforts aimed at strengthening democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine. Release of the 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the United States Department of State. Presidential elections in Belarus, to be held on 11 October 2015.