Statement by the Delegation of Belarus in response to the address by the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, H.E. Sergey Lebedev

Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, expressed condolences to Romania in connection with a bus crash that had occurred in Montenegro, on 23 June 2013. Address by the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, H.E. Sergey Lebedev. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth (Greece, Annex 1; the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Annex 2). 2012 Annual Report by the Secretary General on the implementation of OSCE recruitment policies. Parliamentary elections in Albania, held on 23 June 2013. Forcible eviction of non-governmental organization “For Human Rights” in Moscow. The death penalty in Belarus. Recent adoption by the Transdniestrian side of the so-called “legal act on the border”. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Fifth World Congress against the Death Penalty, held in Madrid, from 12 to 15 June 2013 (Spain, also on behalf of France, Norway and Switzerland, Annex 3).