1091st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed Ms. Ravesa Lleshi, the new Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Delegation of Albania to the OSCE. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1200 on the Dates of the 2016 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1201 on the OSCE 2015 Year-End Unified Budget Revision. 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. Release of journalists Mr. C. Dündar and Mr. E. Gül in Turkey. Neo-Nazism in Latvia. Marrakesh Declaration and freedom of religion or belief. Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2016. Human rights violations in the occupied territories of Georgia. The death penalty in the United States of America. Response to a statement on the rights of migrant children made by the Russian Federation at the 1090th plenary meeting of the Permanent Council. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Mongolia, to be held on 29 June 2016. General elections in the United States of America, to be held on 8 November 2016. Presidential plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.