January 2018 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council

Methods of work of the Permanent Council in 2018. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1285 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Recently adopted law in Latvia on the status of participants in the Second World War. Violations of freedom of the media in the United States of America. Human rights violations at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. The murder of Mr. O. Ivanović (Serbia, Annex 1; Russian Federation, Annex 2). Human rights violations concerning the Memorial Human Rights Centre in the Russian Federation. Conviction of journalist Mr. A. Mukhtarli in Azerbaijan. Priorities of Kazakhstan as a non-permanent United Nations Security Council member for the years 2017 and 2018, and a ministerial-level debate on “Building a regional partnership in Afghanistan and Central Asia as a model to link security and development.” Democracy and rule of law in Spain (Spain, Annex 3). Parliamentary elections in Hungary, to be held on 8 April 2018. Parliamentary elections in Luxembourg, to be held on 14 October 2018.