December 2017 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Report by the Special Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security, Ms. Anna-Katharina Deininger. The Permanent Council placed the decision on the extension of the mandate of the Programme Office in Dushanbe, the text of which is appended to this journal, under a silence procedure with the period of silence expiring on Thursday, 28 December 2017, at 3 p.m. CET. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Forty-second round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 12 and 13 December 2017. Violations of the linguistic rights of national minorities in Latvia. Inaugural remarks by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, H.E. Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign. Farewell statement by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, to be held on 18 March 2018.