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February 2020 Plenary Meetings of the Permanent Council
This is a collection of documents of the February 2020 Permanent Council plenary meetings.
1260th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec. Address by the President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Mr. Emmanuel Decaux. Presentation by the Chairperson of the Security Committee. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Six years of illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation. Large scale cyberattack against Georgia. Fifth anniversary of the assassination of Mr. B. Nemtsov and other ongoing human rights violations in the Russian Federation. The re-arrest of Mr. O. Kavala in Turkey. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the OSCE, Ambassador D. Dondua. Two years since the murder of Mr. J. Kuciak and his fiancée. Publication of a report on human rights by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, to be held on 12 April 2020. Presidential election in Poland, to be held on 10 May 2020.
76th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Security Dialogue on Countering Terrorism: – Presentation by Ms. R. Kuko, Deputy Minister of Interior, Albania; – Presentation by Ambassador A. Taşhan, Director General for Research and Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey; – Presentation by the Secretary General of the OSCE; – Presentation by Colonel K. Özyürek, Chief of Doctrine and Standards Branch, Centre of Excellence Defence against Terrorism (COE-DAT), Turkish General Staff.
Report by the Chief observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Ambassador György Varga. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Economic and Environmental Committee and the Human Dimension Committee. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Attack against Ms. E. Milashina and Ms. M. Dubrovina in Chechnya, Russian Federation, on 6 February 2020. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the OSCE, Ambassador A. Kupchyna. Early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, held on 9 February 2020.
Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. Sami People’s Day, being observed on 6 February 2020. Parliamentary elections in Slovakia, to be held on 29 February 2020.