1012th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the President of the Venice Commission, Mr. Gianni Buquicchio. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth (Greece, Annex 1). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1129 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1130 on the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; Austria, Annex 2). Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1131 on the theme, agenda and modalities for the Twenty-Third Economic and Environmental Forum. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Abduction of Ukrainian servicewoman Ms. N. Savchenko. Case of Mr. A. Sodiqov in Tajikistan. Sentencing of Mr. H. Huseynli in Azerbaijan. Ongoing human tragedy in Gaza. Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Romani Camp at Auschwitz on 2 August 1944. Detention of Ukrainian journalist Mr. A. Skiba. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. World Day against Trafficking in Persons, to be observed on 30 July 2014. Press release on the meetings between the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, respectively.