Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the report of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords, Major General M. Torres

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Károly Dán, and the new Charge d’Affaires and Head of Delegation of Uzbekistan to the OSCE, Mr. Rustamdjan Khakimov, both of whom delivered some remarks to mark the assumption of their posts. Report of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords, Major General M. Torres. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. 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. Situation in Ferguson, Missouri, United States of America. Ongoing blockade of Transdniestria. Denial of entry into Latvia to Mr. I. Panevkin. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association in the Russian Federation. Border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Attack on British MP and journalist Mr. G. Galloway. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Financial contributions to the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Ireland, Annex). Parliamentary elections in Moldova, to be held on 30 November 2014.