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May 2012 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

This is a collection of documents of the May 2012 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
  • 914th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
    Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Council, expressed condolences to Italy in connection with the recent earthquake in northern Italy. The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Ambassador of Thailand to Austria, Ambassador S. Suriyawongse. Report by the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. Briefing by the Head of the Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan. Human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.
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    31 May 2012
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  • 913rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
    Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Council, expressed condolences to Albania in connection with the bus crash that occurred on 21 May 2012. He also expressed condolences to Italy in connection with the bombing that took place in Brindisi on 19 May 2012 and the earthquake that occurred in northern Italy on 20 May 2012. Presentation of the 2013 Programme Outline by the Secretary General. Response to a statement made by Belarus at the 907th meeting of the Permanent Council on the expansion of the powers of the security agencies in the United States of America and Canada. Freedom of assembly and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in a number of OSCE participating States. Response to a statement made by the Russian Federation at the 911th meeting of the Permanent Council on freedom of assembly in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. International Missing Children’s Day, to be observed on 25 May 2012. Release by the US Department of State of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 and announcement of the winners of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award. Olympic Truce during the XXX Summer Olympic Games and the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, to be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012 and from 29 August to 9 September 2012 respectively.
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    24 May 2012
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  • 912th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
    Address by the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, H.E. Valery Chechelashvili. Decision No. 1041 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2012 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). Response to a statement made by the Russian Federation at the 895th meeting of the Permanent Council on the results of investigations into the deaths of journalists in Iraq. International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, celebrated on 17 May 2012. Rescinding of a visa for a journalist from the Russian Federation planning to attend a media conference in Estonia. Freedom of the media and freedom of assembly in the Russian Federation. Twentieth anniversary of the occupation of Shusha and the Lachin region (Azerbaijan, Annex 1; Armenia, Annex 2). Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty (Kazakhstan, Annex 3).
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    17 May 2012
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  • 911th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
    Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE, Ambassador Costas A. Papademas. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Permanent Council Decision No. 1040 on the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards in the OSCE. Terrorist attacks in Makhachkala, Russian Federation, on 3 May 2012. Freedom of assembly in the Russian Federation. Parliamentary election in Armenia, held on 6 May 2012. Parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia, held on 6 May 2012 (Serbia, Annex).
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    10 May 2012
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  • 910th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
    Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Blasts in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on 27 April 2012, and the rule of law in Ukraine. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May 2012. Postponement of the thirty-sixth meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), planned to be held on 24 April 2012. Abolition of the death penalty in the state of Connecticut, United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. The appointment of Ambassador I. Kelly as Chairperson of the informal working group on the development of confidence-building measures to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies, established pursuant to PC.DEC/1039.
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    3 May 2012
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