OSCE Quarterly Selections 4/2017 October – December 2017

The following six groups have been categorised with a view to helping readers to navigate among the “official document” collections available on the web. Each group is chronologically organized and provides links to individual documents and their language variations. Most sections also include recently released documents related to events or activities that took place prior to this three-month period.

I. OSCE PERIODICALS AND E-PUBLICATIONS. II. DECISIONS, CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS AND JOURNALS OF THE DAY yielded by regular OSCE negotiating and decision-making bodies (such as plenary meetings of the Ministerial Council, the Permanent Council and the Forum for Security Co-operation). III. SELECTED STATEMENTS, INTERVENTIONS, REGULAR REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS made by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and High Officials representing OSCE structures, institutions and field activities. Statements and contributions made by national delegations during regular plenary meetings are grouped according to the negotiating body they were delivered at. See Permanent Council meetings at www.osce.org/pc/109624 and Forum for Security Co-operation meetings at www.osce.org/fsc/109625. IV. CONSOLIDATED SUMMARIES, REPORTS AND AGENDAS (non-consensus) released by/at various OSCE meetings, events, conferences, seminars and workshops. V. ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORTS prepared by various types of OSCE election missions, as well as statements or opinions and analysis concerning election observation in participating States. VI. SELECTED INTEREST AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS relating to events or activities within the three OSCE dimensions.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AIAM — Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting LROM — Limited Referendum Observation Mission ASRC — Annual Security Review Conference MC — Ministerial Council ATU — Action against Terrorism Unit NAM — Needs Assessment Mission CiO — Chairperson-in-Office OCEEA — Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and CGAP — Contact Group of the Asian Partners for Co-operation Environmental Activities CGMP — Contact Group of the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation ODIHR — Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights COMMS — Communication and Media Relations Section OM Moldova — OSCE Mission to Moldova CPC — Conflict Prevention Center OM Montenegro — OSCE Mission to Montenegro CS — OSCE Secretariat Conference Services OM Serbia — OSCE Mission to Serbia CTHB — Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating OM Skopje — OSCE Mission to Skopje Trafficking in Human Beings OMBiH — OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina DHR — Department of Human Resources OMiK — OSCE Mission in Kosovo EC — Election Code OPA — OSCE Presence in Albania EAM — Election Assessment Mission OPCU — OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine EEF — Economic and Environmental Forum OSG — Office of the Secretary General EET — Election Expert Team PA — Parliamentary Assembly EOM — Election Observation Mission PACE — Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe EST — Election Support Team PC — Permanent Council ExtCoop — External Co-operation PEC — Precinct Election Commission FSC — Forum for Security Co-operation PO in Astana — OSCE Programme Office in Astana FYROM — the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia PO in Bishkek — OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek FSC-PC — Joint FSC-PC Meeting PRCiO — Personal Representative of the Chairperson- in-Office HCNM ­— High Commissioner on National Minorities RFoM — Representative on Freedom of the Media HDC ­— Human Dimension Committee SEC — Secretariat HDIM — Human Dimension Implementation Meeting SG — Secretary General HDS — Human Dimension Seminar SHDM — Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting HOC — Head of Centre SMM — OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine HOM — Head of Mission SPMU — Strategic Police Matters Unit IEOM — International Election Observation Mission SRCiO — Special Representative of the Chairperson- in-Office IROM — International Referendum Observation Mission STO — Short-Term Observers LEOM — Limited Election Observation Mission TNT — Transnational Threats Department

Documentation acronyms (ID) OSCE working languages Other languages .JOUR — Journal of the day English French Publications and documents listed herein were selected on the basis of their availability in one, or all .DEC — Decision German Italian six OSCE working languages. Releases that have been published in another language (than these six .DEL — Issued by one or more delegation(s) Russian Spanish languages) are not included here. They can be found on the OSCE web by using the search interface in .DOC — Document of particular importance combination with the language pull-down menu (see http://www.osce.org/resources/documents). .GAL — Substantive or general nature .INF — Basic information Document ID Reference System Document identification and distribution follows a set of registry values, some or all of which will form the document identification block appearing on the upper right corner of distributed documents. Main category: Capital letters denoting the nature of the document and referring to the main OSCE body to which it is to be submitted or from which it originates (PC, FSC, MC, SEC, ODIHR). Subcategory: Capital letters referring to meetings of bodies working under the authority of the main OSCE bodies (PC.ACMF, PC.SHDM, FSC.AIAM, etc.). Subgroup: Capital letters indicating the document type (such as field reports, journals, etc. – also see acronyms listed above). Suffixes may be added, where necessary, in order to indicate modifications of the text (Rev — Revision; Corr — Correction; Add — Addendum).

I. OSCE PUBLICATIONS AND PERIODICALS

No. Document type/Originator Title/Description OSCE ID or ISBN URL 1 Guide/CiO Media Handbook. http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/359801 2 Study/SEC Combating violence against women in the OSCE region. ISBN: 978-3- http://www.osce.org/secretariat/286336 903128-06-4 3 Study/SEC Climate Change and Security in the South Caucasus. http://www.osce.org/secretariat/355546 4 Study/SEC Climate Change and Security in Eastern Europe. http://www.osce.org/secretariat/355496 5 Study/SEC Climate Change and Security in Central Asia. http://www.osce.org/secretariat/355471 6 Guidebook/SEC Delimitation and Demarcation Practices in OSCE Area. http://www.osce.org/secretariat/363466 7 Factsheet/FSC OSCE’s work on small arms and conventional ammunition. http://www.osce.org/resources/factsheets/ salw 8 Annual Report/CTHB 2016–2017 Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for http://www.osce.org/secretariat/360796 Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. 9 Manual/OCEEA OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Commitments Reference Manual http://www.osce.org/secretariat/352881 2017. 10 Book/HCNM The Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities. ISBN/EAN: 978-90- http://www.osce.org/hcnm/graz- 75989-26-7 recommendations 11 Factsheet/ODIHR Factsheet: What is ODIHR? http://www.osce.org/odihr/13701 12 Factsheet/BiH Factsheet: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. http://www.osce.org/resources/factsheets/ mission-to-bosnia-and-herzegovina 13 Brochure/OMiK Safety in our community - Informative brochure on community policing in all http://www.osce.org/mission-in- Kosovo Police regions. kosovo/363956 14 Report/OMiK Performance and Impact of the Consultative Council for Communities 2015- http://www.osce.org/mission-in- 2016. kosovo/362846 15 Factsheet/OPA Factsheet: OSCE Presence in Albania. http://www.osce.org/resources/factsheets/ presence-in-albania 16 Factsheet/OPCU Factsheet: Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. http://www.osce.org/resources/factsheets/ project-coordinator-in-ukraine

II. DECISIONS AND OTHER CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS & JOURNALS

No. Date Venue/Place Originator Document type – Title (Description) OSCE ID URL 17 5 October Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1159th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Report by Ms. Ingibjörg PC.JOUR/1159 Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the Office For Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General of the 2018 Unified Budget Proposal. Report by Ambassador Marcel Peško, Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Concerns about reported police abuse of gay and transgender people in Azerbaijan. Freedom of peaceful assembly in the Russian Federation. Farewell to Ambassador M. da Graça Mira Gomes, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OSCE. Democracy and rule of law in Spain. http://www.osce.org/permanent- - STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the report by Ms. Annex 1 council/349486 Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the Office For Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Canada in response to the report by Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Annex 2 Gísladóttir, Director of the Office For Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Tajikistan in response to the report by Ms. Ingibjörg Annex 3 Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the Office For Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Spain on the democracy and rule of law in Spain. Annex 4 18 11 October Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 864th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Security FSC.JOUR/870 Dialogue: Practical and Implementation Aspects of Conventional Arms Control, including Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBMs), presentations by: Lieutenant Colonel http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- V. Milovanović, Head of Verification Centre, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia; cooperation/351491 Lieutenant Colonel P. Benei, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the OSCE and other international organizations; Major Z. Pastorek, Head of Verification Centre, Slovakia. Situation in and around Ukraine. 19 12 October Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1160th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by H.E. Nikola PC.JOUR/1160 Dimitrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Address by Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Situation of LGBTI persons in the Russian Federation. http://www.osce.org/permanent- Situation of LGBTI persons in Azerbaijan. European and World Day against the Death Penalty, council/350381 marked on 10 October 2017. Discrimination against the Russian media in France. Democracy and the rule of law in Spain.

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Spain on the democracy and rule of law in Spain. Annex 20 18 October Vienna FSC-PC JOURNAL of the 66th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent FSC-PC.JOUR/53 Council; Security Dialogue: “Support to National Authorities in the Migration Crisis by Security http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- Forces”, presentations by: Mr. V. Rebić, General Police Director, Ministry of Interior, Serbia; Mr. D. cooperation/351736 Manzione, Under-secretary of State, Ministry of Interior, Italy; Brigadier B. Hubegger, Head of Unit, International Missions and Operations, Ministry of Interior, Austria. 21 19 October Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by H.E. Christine PC.JOUR/1161 Muttonen, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Address by H.E. Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission. Presentations by the Chairpersons of the Security Committee; 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. Forty-first round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 10 and 11 October 2017. Presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, held on 15 October 2017. Sixth International Day of the Girl Child, celebrated on 11 October 2017. Non-compliance of the United States of America, Canada and European Union Member States with international law and OSCE commitments in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Non-compliance of Azerbaijan with international law and OSCE commitments related to the economic and social rights of the people of Artsakh. Discrimination against the Russian http://www.osce.org/permanent- media in France. Investigation into the tragic killing on 16 October 2017 of journalist and blogger council/353311 Ms. D. Caruana Galizia. Parliamentary elections in Austria, held on 15 October 2017.

- DECISION No. 1268 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian PC.DEC/1268 checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 2 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Ukraine. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Attachment 4

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Malta on the investigation into the tragic killing on 16 Annex October 2017 of journalist and blogger Ms. D. Caruana Galizia. 22 25 October Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 865th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Security FSC.JOUR/871 Dialogue: “Sub-Regional Arms Control Agreement – Implementation of the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control, Article IV, Annex 1-B, Dayton Peace Accords”, presentations by: Ambassador B. Filipović, Assistant Minister for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia; Brigadier General P. Braunstein, Chief of the German Verification Centre; Mr. I. Ivanišević, Director General, Directorate General for Multilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro. Financial contributions to the Capacity Development Programme for http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- Conventional Ammunition Stockpile Management for the Republic of Serbia (CASM). Situation in cooperation/353761 and around Ukraine.

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Germany on the financial contributions to the Capacity Annex 1 Development Programme for Conventional Ammunition Stockpile Management for the Republic of Serbia (CASM). - STATEMENT by the delegation of Switzerland on the above. Annex 2 - STATEMENT by the delegation of Serbia on the above. Annex 3 23 1 November Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 866th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Situation in and FSC.JOUR/872 around Ukraine. Irregular military exercises on the territory of Moldova. http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- cooperation/354596 - DECISION No. 6/17 on the dates and venue of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Implementation FSC.DEC/6/17 Assessment Meeting. 24 2 November Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1162nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by the Co-Chairmen PC.JOUR/1162 of the Geneva International Discussions. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. United Nations International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, being observed on 2 November. Release of human rights defenders in Turkey. Situation of LGBTI persons in Tajikistan. Intersex awareness day, observed on 26 October. Participation of persons affiliated with terrorism in the second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting. Municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 15 and 29 October 2017. Rule of law and democracy in Spain. 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference on “Large Movements of Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities”, held in Palermo, Italy, on 24 and http://www.osce.org/permanent- 25 October 2017. council/355801 - DECISION No. 1269 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget for the Programme Office in PC.DEC/1269 Dushanbe.

- DECISION No. 1270 on the timetable of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial PC.DEC/1270 Council. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Attachment 2

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Spain on the rule of law and democracy in Spain. Annex 25 8 November Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 867th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Situation in and FSC.JOUR/873 http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- around Ukraine. Conference on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, held cooperation/356301 in Washington, D.C., on 30 and 31 October 2017. 26 9 November Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1163rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Report by Mr. Harlem Désir, PC.JOUR/1163 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media,. Address by the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group. Address by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson- in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference. Report by Colonel Hans http://www.osce.org/permanent- Lampalzer, Head of the High-Level Planning Group. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine council/356326 and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Situation of LGBTI persons in Tajikistan. Inadmissibility of the glorification of Nazism in Latvia. 27 15 November Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 868th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Situation in FSC.JOUR/874 and around Ukraine. Financial contributions to the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- (MONDEM) and to the repository programme for the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects cooperation/357441 of Security. 28 16 November Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1164th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by H.E. Nils PC.JOUR/1164 Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Report by Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, High Commissioner on National Minorities. Report by Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk http://www.osce.org/permanent- agreements. Situation of LGBTI persons in the Russian Federation. Latvian draft law on the status council/357646 of participants in the Second World War. Municipal elections in Georgia, held on 21 October and 12 November 2017. Presidential elections in Cyprus, to be held on 28 January 2018.

- DECISION No. 1271 on forwarding of a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council. PC.DEC/1271 29 22 November Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 869th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Situation in and FSC.JOUR/875 http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- around Ukraine. cooperation/358651 30 23 November Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1165th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Report by Ambassador PC.JOUR/1165 Bernd Borchardt, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania. Update on OSCE Migration-Related Activities. Report by Mr. Filippo Lombardi, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration. Report by Ambassador Vuk Žugić, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Inadmissibility of Nazism. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case http://www.osce.org/permanent- of Mr. Ratko Mladić. National Dignity and Freedom Day, observed in Ukraine on 21 November council/359051 2017. International Conference on Security and Sustainable Development in Central Asia under the auspices of the United Nations “Central Asia: Shared Past and Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity”, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on 10 and 11 November 2017. Resolution marking the twentieth anniversary in 2018 of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

- DECISION No. 1272 on amending OSCE Financial Regulations. PC.DEC/1272 31 29 November Vienna FSC-PC JOURNAL of the 67th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent FSC-PC.JOUR/54 Council; Security dialogue on assessment of the structured dialogue in view of the Ministerial Council. Presentation of the Letter from the Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation to the Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, Chairperson of the http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- Twenty-fourth meeting of the Ministerial Council of the OSCE. cooperation/361146

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Spain on the assessment of the structured dialogue in Annex view of the Ministerial Council. 32 30 November Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1166th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by the Personal PC.JOUR/1166 Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also Focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions; and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism. Report by Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Napiontek, OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. Update by Ambassador Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. “5+2” discussions on the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 November 2017. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2017. Amendments to the legislation affecting freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Mr. Jadranko Prlić, Mr. Bruno Stojić, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Milivoj Petković, Mr. Valentin Ćorić and Mr. Berislav Pušić. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor. http://www.osce.org/permanent- council/359861 - DECISION No. 1273 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and PC.DEC/1273 Herzegovina.

- DECISION No. 1274 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. PC.DEC/1274

- DECISION No. 1275 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. PC.DEC/1275

- DECISION No. 1276 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. PC.DEC/1276

- DECISION No. 1277 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. PC.DEC/1277

- DECISION No. 1278 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. PC.DEC/1278

- DECISION No. 1279 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. PC.DEC/1279

- DECISION No. 1280 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in PC.DEC/1280 Ukraine. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 2 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Ukraine. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Turkey. Attachment 4 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Attachment 5

- DECISION No. 1281 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget. PC.DEC/1281 33 7 December Vienna MC JOURNAL No. 1 of the 1st day of the 24th OSCE Ministerial Council. MC(24).JOUR/1 http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/363916 - AGENDA for the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council. Annex 34 8 December Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 870th Special Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Matters FSC.JOUR/876 of protocol. http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- cooperation/361761 - DECISION No. 7/17 on forwarding a draft document to the Ministerial Council. Matters of FSC.DEC/7/17 protocol. 35 8 December Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1167th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; PC.JOUR/1167 http://www.osce.org/permanent- council/361746 - DECISION No. 1282 on forwarding of draft documents to the Ministerial Council. PC.DEC/1282 36 8 December Vienna MC JOURNAL No. 2 of the 2nd day of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council. MC(24).JOUR/2

- STATEMENT by the delegation of the United Kingdom, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1 on the conventional arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in the OSCE area. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Denmark, also on behalf of several delegations, on the Annex 2 human rights and fundamental freedoms in the OSCE area. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Spain, also on behalf of several delegations, on the Annex 3 proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the OSCE (MC.DOC/1/06).

- MINISTERIAL STATEMENT on the Negotiations on the Transdniestrian Settlement Process in MC.DOC/1/17 the “5+2” Format.

- DECISION No. 1/17 on the appointment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National MC.DEC/1/17 Minorities. http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/363921 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Kazakhstan. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation, also on Attachment 2 behalf of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Azerbaijan. Attachment 4

- DECISION No. 2/17 on the appointment of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the MC.DEC/2/17 Media. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Kazakhstan. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation, also on Attachment 2 behalf of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Azerbaijan. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 4

- DECISION No. 3/17 on the appointment of the Director of the Office for Democratic MC.DEC/3/17 Institutions and Human Rights. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Kazakhstan. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation, also on Attachment 2 behalf of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Azerbaijan. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 4 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Austria. Attachment 5

- DECISION No. 4/17 on the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General. MC.DEC/4/17 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Kazakhstan. Attachment 1 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation, also on Attachment 2 behalf of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Azerbaijan. Attachment 3 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Attachment 4

- DECISION No. 5/17 on enhancing OSCE efforts to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from MC.DEC/5/17 the use of information and communication technologies.

- DECISION No. 6/17 on strengthening efforts to prevent trafficking in human beings. MC.DEC/6/17 - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of Canada, also on behalf of the Attachment United States of America.

- DECISION No. 7/17 on strengthening efforts to combat all forms of child trafficking, including MC.DEC/7/17 for sexual exploitation, as well as other forms of sexual exploitation of children. - INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Attachment

- DECISION No. 8/17 on promoting economic participation in the OSCE area. MC.DEC/8/17

- DECISION No. 9/17 on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council. MC.DEC/9/17

- DECISION No. 10/17 on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional MC.DEC/10/17 ammunition.

Statements by delegations made during the closing session: - STATEMENT by the Chairperson, also on behalf of Germany, Italy and Slovakia. Annex 4 - STATEMENT by the Chairperson, also on behalf of Germany and Italy. Annex 5 - STATEMENT by the Chairperson. Annex 6 - STATEMENT by the Chairperson, also on behalf of Kazakhstan. Annex 7 - STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency. Annex 8 - STATEMENT by the delegation of Ukraine. Annex 9 - STATEMENT by the delegation of Canada. Annex 10 - STATEMENT by the delegation of Sweden, also on behalf of several delegations. Annex 11 - STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America. Annex 12 - STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Annex 13

- LETTER from the Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation to the Chairperson-in- Annex 14 Office. 37 13 December Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 871st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Discussion on FSC.JOUR/877 the outcome of the 2017 OSCE Ministerial Council. Situation in and around Ukraine. Financial contributions to the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme (MONDEM). Illegal military exercises in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

- DECISION No. 8/17 on the agenda and modalities of the twenty-eighth Annual FSC.DEC/8/17 http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- Implementation Assessment Meeting. cooperation/362831

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Austria on the discussion on the outcome of the 2017 Annex 1 OSCE Ministerial Council. - STATEMENT by the delegation of Azerbaijan on the illegal military exercises in the occupied Annex 2 territories of Azerbaijan. 38 14 December Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1168th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Report by Ambassador PC.JOUR/1168 Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. Ban on LGBTI activities in Turkey. Access to justice in Azerbaijan. Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2017. Advisory referendum on the Intelligence and Security http://www.osce.org/permanent- Services Act, to be held in the Netherlands on 21 March 2018. Presidential election in the Czech council/362816 Republic, to be held on 12 and 13 January 2018.

- DECISION No. 1283 on extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in PC.DEC/1283 Uzbekistan.

- DECISION No. 1284 on extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. PC.DEC/1284 39 18 December Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1169th Special Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Address by H.E. PC.JOUR/1169 Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement http://www.osce.org/permanent- Negotiations. New Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, and new council/364281 Chairperson-in-Office, H.E. Karin Kneissl. 40 20 December Vienna FSC JOURNAL of the 872nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation; Closing remarks FSC.JOUR/878 by H.E. Ambassador Roksanda Ninčić, Chairperson of the Forum for security co-operation. Sixteenth meeting of the States Parties to the Ottawa Convention, being held in Vienna from 18 to 21 December 2017. Financial contributions to OSCE projects on small arms and light weapons and http://www.osce.org/forum-for-security- stockpiles of conventional ammunition. cooperation/364646

- STATEMENT by the delegation of Germany on the financial contributions to OSCE projects Annex on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition. 41 21 December Vienna PC JOURNAL of the 1170th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council; Report by Ms. Anna- PC.JOUR/1170 Katharina Deininger, Special Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Forty-second round of the Geneva International Discussions, held on 12 and 13 December 2017. Violations of the linguistic rights of http://www.osce.org/permanent- council/364671 national minorities in Latvia. Inaugural remarks by H.E. Karin Kneissl, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign. Farewell statement by the Austrian http://www.osce.org/permanent- OSCE Chairmanship. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, to be held on 18 March 2018. council/367971

- DECISION on the extension of the mandate of the Programme Office in Dushanbe, under a PC.DEC/ silence procedure expiring on Thursday, 28 December 2017. See PC.DEC/1285 in PC.JOUR/1172 of 18 January 2018.

III. SELECTED STATEMENTS, REGULAR REPORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS made by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and high officials representing OSCE structures, institutions and field activities. Statements and contributions made by national delegations during regular plenary meetings are grouped according to the negotiating body they were delivered at PC meetings: http://www.osce.org/pc/109624 | FSC meetings: http://www.osce.org/fsc/109625

No. Date Venue/place Originator Document type – Title (Description) OSCE ID URL 42 2 October Bratislava SG OPENING REMARKS by Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, as presented to the http://www.osce.org/secretary- Slovak Security Forum. general/348326 43 3 October PA/Andorra PA REMARKS by Christine Muttonen, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to http://www.oscepa.org/documents/ the opening session of the PA Autumn Meeting. all-documents/autumn-meetings/2017- andorra/reports-and-speeches-2/3596- president-christine-muttonen-s-opening- address-3-oct-2017/file 44 4 October PA/Andorra PA REPORT by Roberto Montella, Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as http://www.oscepa.org/documents/ delivered to the opening session of the PA Autumn Meeting. all-documents/autumn-meetings/2017- andorra/reports-and-speeches-2/3600- report-by-roberto-montella-osce-pa- secretary-general-4-oct-2017/file 45 4 October PA/Andorra PA REPORT by Ilkka Kanerva, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Mediation, as http://www.oscepa.org/documents/ delivered to the opening session of the PA Autumn Meeting. all-documents/autumn-meetings/2017- andorra/reports-and-speeches-2/3599- report-by-ilkka-kanerva-osce-pa-special- representative-on-mediation-4-oct-2017 46 4 October PA/Andorra PA REPORT and RECOMMENDATIONS of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration presented by http://www.oscepa.org/documents/ Pascal Allizard, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Mediterranean Affairs, all-documents/autumn-meetings/2017- on: Ensuring a Coherent, Shared and Responsible Governance of Migration and Refugee Flows. andorra/reports-and-speeches-2/3602- report-by-pascal-allizard-osce-pa-special- representative-on-mediterranean-affairs- 4-oct-2017 47 4 October Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/348246 48 13 October Vienna RFoM OPENING REMARKS by Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, as delivered to the Internet Freedom Conference: “The role and responsibilities of Internet http://www.osce.org/fom/350386 Intermediaries”. 49 13 October Geneva SG KEYNOTE SPEECH by Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, presented at the event OSCE http://www.osce.org/secretary-general/353951 Focus 2017: “Empowering the OSCE in Challenging Times”. 50 18 October Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/351126 51 18 October Tashkent RFoM OPENING REMARKS by Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, as http://www.osce.org/fom/350606 delivered to the 19th Central Asia Media Conference “Open Journalism in Central Asia”. 52 19 October PC/Vienna PA ADDRESS by Christine Muttonen, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to http://www.oscepa.org/documents/all- the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. documents/president/speeches-12/3609- address-to-the-osc-permanent-council-19- october-2017-ger/file 53 19 October PC/Vienna Multiple For RESPONSES by delegations to the address by Christine Muttonen, President of the OSCE http://www.osce.org/permanent- Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council, see council/353311 the link to the document collection. 54 24 October Palermo SG OPENING REMARKS by Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, as presented to the OSCE http://www.osce.org/secretary- Mediterranean Conference 2017. general/353381 55 25 October Palermo HCNM KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, http://www.osce.org/hcnm/355136 delivered to the OSCE Mediterranean Conference 2017. 56 1 November Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/354626 57 9 November Pristina HCNM KEYNOTE SPEECH by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, as http://www.osce.org/hcnm/355571 presented to the Forum on Language Compliance. 58 9 November PC/Vienna RFoM REPORT by Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, as delivered to the FOM.GAL/4/17/ http://www.osce.org/permanent- 1163rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. Rev.1 council/356511 59 9 November PC/Vienna Multiple For RESPONSES by delegations to the report by Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom http://www.osce.org/permanent- of the Media, as delivered to the 1163rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council, see link to the council/356326 document collection. 60 14 November Graz HCNM KEYNOTE SPEECH by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, as http://www.osce.org/hcnm/357666 delivered at the launch of the Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities. 61 15 November Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/357406 62 16 November PC/Vienna HCNM REPORT by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, as delivered to http://www.osce.org/permanent- the 1164th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/357651 63 16 November PC/Vienna Multiple For RESPONSES by delegations to the report by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on http://www.osce.org/permanent- National Minorities, as delivered to the 1164th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council, see link council/357646?page=1 to the document collection. 64 24 November PA/ PA REMARKS by George Tsereteli, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to http://www.oscepa.org/documents/all- Copenhagen the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Standing Committee meeting. documents/president/speeches-12/3623- remarks-to-the-pace-standing-committee- meeting-copenhagen-24-november-2017/file 65 28 November Vienna PA REMARKS by Azay Guliyev, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to http://www.oscepa.org/documents/all- the OSCE ODIHR seminar on the role of technology in electoral processes. documents/officers-of-the-assembly/ azay-guliyev-azerbaijan/3625-remarks-at- odihr-seminar-on-the-role-of-technology- in-electoral-processes-vienna-28- november-2017/file 66 29 November Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/360091 67 30 November Geneva HCNM KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, as http://www.osce.org/hcnm/360421 delivered to the UN Human Rights Council during the 10th Forum on Minority Issues. 68 6 December Tirana OPA REMARKS by Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, as presented at conference on http://www.osce.org/presence-in- the Role of the Internationals in the Transition of Albania. albania/360831 69 7 December MC/Vienna CiO OPENING SPEECH by Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Federal Minister for MC.DEL/13/17 Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, delivered at the opening session of the 24th http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/361386 OSCE Ministerial Council. 70 7 December MC/Vienna PA ADDRESS by George Tsereteli, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as delivered to the http://www.oscepa.org/documents/all- 24th OSCE Ministerial Council. documents/president/speeches-12/3629- address-to-the-osce-ministerial-council- vienna-7-december-2017/file 71 8 December MC/Vienna SG REPORT by Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, presented to the 24th OSCE Ministerial MC.GAL/5/17 http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/361486 Council. 72 8 December MC/Vienna CiO CHAIRMANSHIP DECLARATION on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent MC.GAL/8/17 http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/361776 Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism. 73 8 December MC/Vienna CiO CLOSING STATEMENT by Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Federal Minister for MC.DEL/45/17 Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, delivered at the last session of the 24th OSCE http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/362076 Ministerial Council. 74 8 December MC/Vienna CiO DECLARATION of the 2017 Austrian OSCE Chairmanship and the Chair of the Economic MC.GAL/9/17 and Environmental Committee Kazakhstan on Greening our Economies and Fostering our http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/361981 Environmental Co-operation. 75 13 December Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/362701 76 13 December Tirana OPA REMARKS by Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, as presented at Media http://www.osce.org/presence-in- Development Forum 2017. albania/362531 77 14 December PC/Vienna CTHB REPORT by Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator SEC.GAL/182/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, as delivered to the 1168th Plenary Meeting of the council/365131 Permanent Council. 78 14 December PC/Vienna Multiple For RESPONSES by delegations to the above, see the link to the document collection of the 1168th http://www.osce.org/permanent- Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/362816 79 27 December Ukraine SMM STATUS REPORT presenting a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, its http://www.osce.org/special-monitoring- main activities and latest news. mission-to-ukraine/364426

IV. CONSOLIDATED SUMMARIES – (non-consensus) REPORTS AND AGENDAS released by/at OSCE meetings, events, conferences, seminars and workshops.

No. Date Venue/Place Originator Document type – Title (Description) OSCE ID URL 80 3 October Vienna CPC SURVEY of OSCE Field Operations. The purpose of the survey is to give an overview of the SEC.GAL/133/17 mandates and “technical data” relating to current and past OSCE Field Operations. It should also facilitate reference to official OSCE documents and decisions on the subject. It is designed for use http://www.osce.org/secretariat/74783 by practitioners who are directly involved in the support of OSCE field activities, as well as by an interested public. 81 3–5 October Andorra PA DRAFT PROGRAMME and schedule of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2017 Autumn http://www.oscepa.org/documents/ Meeting. all-documents/autumn-meetings/2017- andorra/documents-6/ 82 18–19 Tashkent RFoM AGENDA for the 19th Central Asia Media Conference on “Open Journalism in Central Asia”. http://www.osce.org/fom/348526 October 83 18–19 Tashkent RFoM PRELIMINARY LIST OF PARTICIPANTS of the 19th Central Asia Media Conference on “Open http://www.osce.org/fom/350561 October Journalism in Central Asia”. 84 18–19 Tashkent RFoM RECOMMENDATIONS from the 19th Central Asia Media Conference, summarizing October recommendations of more than 100 journalists, representatives of government, civil society and academia from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan along http://www.osce.org/fom/353696 with participants from Mongolia and other international experts participating in the Conference devoted to “Open Journalism in Central Asia”. 85 18–19 Tashkent RFoM BIOGRAPHIES of international experts at the 19th Central Asia Media Conference on “Open http://www.osce.org/fom/348731 October Journalism in Central Asia”. http://www.osce.org/ru/fom/348741 86 24–25 Palermo ExtCoop DRAFT AGENDA and Organizational Modalities of the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference on http://www.osce.org/partners-for- October Large Movements of Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities. cooperation/mediterranean/329336 87 24–25 Palermo ExtCoop CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY of the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference on Large SEC.GAL/194/17 http://www.osce.org/partners-for- October Movements of Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities. cooperation/mediterranean/ 88 2–3 Vienna RFoM JOINT MEMORANDUM presented by representatives of associations of journalists from November Ukraine (National Union of Journalists of Ukraine) and the Russian Federation (Russian Union of http://www.osce.org/fom/354651 Journalists), expressing solidarity with all illegally detained journalists in the armed conflict zone in Donbas. 89 2–3 SHDM/ ODIHR AGENDA of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on The Role of the Free Media in the http://www.osce.org/odihr/348386 November Vienna Comprehensive Approach to Security. 90 3 November Vienna CiO DRAFT AGENDA for the Conference on Cyber Security, organized by the Austrian OSCE http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/351696 Chairmanship. 91 7–8 MC/Vienna MC TIMETABLE for the Twenty-Forth Ministerial Council. http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/357796 December 92 7–8 MC/Vienna MC LIST OF PARTICIPANTS of the Twenty-Forth Ministerial Council. MC.INF/17/17/ http://www.osce.org/chairmanship/360826 December Rev.2 93 11 December Vienna RFoM ANNOTATED AGENDA for the event “Impunity for murders of journalists: A challenge to http://www.osce.org/fom/360036 freedom of the media”. 94 18 December Vienna OSG AGENDA for the high-level panel discussion 2017 on International Migrants Day on the theme: http://www.osce.org/secretary-general/358916 Perception is not reality - Towards a new narrative of migration.

V. ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORTS prepared by various types of OSCE election missions. This sections includes statements or opinions concerning elections in participating States.

No. Date Country Originator Document type – Title (Description) OSCE ID URL 95 13–29 FYROM ODIHR/EOM INTERIM REPORT on the municipal elections scheduled for 15 October in the former Yugoslav ODIHR.GAL/72/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ September Republic of Macedonia. fyrom/348211 96 13 Georgia ODIHR/EOM ITERIM REPORT on the local election scheduled for 21 October in Georgia. ODIHR.GAL/75/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ September – georgia/348216 3 October 97 2–3 October Iceland ODIHR/NAM NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT on the early parliamentary elections scheduled for ODIHR.GAL/74/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ 28 October in Iceland. iceland/348631 98 15 October Kyrgyzstan ODIHR/IEOM Statement of PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS on the presidential elections ODIHR.GAL/77/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ held on 15 October in Kyrgyzstan. kyrgyzstan/350001 99 15 October Kyrgyzstan ODIHR/EOM FINAL REPORT on the presidential elections held on 15 October in Kyrgyzstan. ODIHR.GAL/12/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ kyrgyzstan/374740 100 15 October FYROM ODIHR/IEOM Statement of PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS on the municipal elections held ODIHR.GAL/78/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ on 15 October in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. fyrom/350136 101 15 October Austria ODIHR/EAM FINAL REPORT on the early parliamentary elections held on 15 October in Austria. ODIHR.GAL/4/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ austria/370866 102 19 October Kyrgyzstan PC/ STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency on the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, as PC.DEL/1393/17/ http://www.osce.org/permanent- Estonia-EU delivered at the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. Rev.1 council/353446 103 19 October Kyrgyzstan PC/USA STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America on the presidential elections in PC.DEL/1360/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Kyrgyzstan, as delivered at the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/353441 104 19 October Kyrgyzstan PC/Russian STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation on the Presidential elections in PC.DEL/1371/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Federation Kyrgyzstan, as delivered at the 1161st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/353436 105 21 October Georgia ODIHR/IEOM Statement of PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS on the local elections held on ODIHR.GAL/79/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ 21 October in Georgia. georgia/351616 106 21–22 Czech ODIHR/EAM FINAL REPORT on the parliamentary elections held on 21 and 22 October in the Czech Republic. ODIHR.GAL/14/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/czech- October Republic republic/375073 107 22 October Slovenia ODIHR/EET FINAL REPORT on the presidential election held on 22 October in Slovenia. ODIHR.GAL/94/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ slovenia/363561 108 24–27 Finland ODIHR/NAM NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT on the presidential election scheduled for 28 ODIHR.GAL/91/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ October January 2018 in Finland. finland/359301 109 28 October Iceland ODIHR/EOM FINAL REPORT on the early parliamentary held on 29 October in Iceland. ODIHR.GAL/8/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ iceland/374101 110 29 October FYROM ODIHR/IEOM Statement of PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS on the second round of ODIHR.GAL/83/19 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ municipal elections held on 29 October in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. fyrom/353276 111 29 October FYROM ODIHR/EOM FINAL REPORT on the second round of the municipal elections held on 29 October in the ODIHR.GAL/1/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. fyrom/367246 112 30 October Spain ODIHR OPINION paper on Laws Regulating the Funding of Political Parties in Spain, based on unofficial English translations of the Law on the Funding of Political Parties, the Law on the General Electoral http://www.osce.org/odihr/356416 Regime, as well as the Law on Political Parties. 113 2 November FYROM PC/ STATEMENT by the Estonian Presidency of the European Union on the Municipal Elections held PC.DEL/1467/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Estonia-EU in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as delivered at the 1162nd Plenary Meeting of the council/355951 Permanent Council. 114 12 November Georgia ODIHR/EOM Statement of PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS on the second round of the ODIHR.GAL/85/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ local elections held on 12 November 2017 in Georgia. georgia/356146 115 12 November Georgia ODIHR/EOM FINAL REPORT on the local elections held on 21 October and 12 November in Georgia. ODIHR.GAL/6/18 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ georgia/373600 116 16 November Georgia PC/USA STATEMENT by the delegation of the United States of America on the municipal elections in PC.DEL/1544/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Georgia, as delivered at the 1164th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/358061 117 16 November Georgia PC/ STATEMENT by the Estonian EU Presidency on the municipal elections in Georgia, as delivered at PC.DEL/1572/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Estonia-EU the 1164th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council. council/358056 118 21–23 Cyprus ODIHR/NAM NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT on the presidential election scheduled for 28 ODIHR.GAL/96/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ November January 2018 in Cyprus. cyprus/363776 119 6–9 Russian ODIHR/NAM NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT on the presidential election scheduled for 12 March ODIHR.GAL/95/17 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ December Federation 2018 in the Russian Federation. russia/363761 120 11 December Moldova ODIHR JOINT OPINION on the Legal Framework of the Republic of Moldova Governing the Funding http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns. This opinion was prepared jointly by the Council of moldova/362051 Europe’s Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. 121 11 December Armenia ODIHR JOINT OPINION on the Draft Law on Referendum of Armenia, prepared jointly by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ Rights with the goal of assisting Armenia in its efforts to develop legislation that is in line with key armenia/362061 international standards and obligations, as well as relevant OSCE commitments. 122 13 December Albania OPA REMARKS by Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, as delivered http://www.osce.org/presence-in- at International High-Level Conference on New Voting Technologies during the 2017 Media albania/362636 Development Forum. 123 21 December Russian PC/Russian STATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation on the presidential election scheduled PC.DEL/1737/17 http://www.osce.org/permanent- Federation Federation for 18 March 2018 in the Russian Federation, as delivered at the 1170th Plenary Meeting of the council/365051 Permanent Council.

VI. SELECTED INTEREST AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS This section includes various items relating to events or specific activities within the three OSCE dimensions.

No. Date Country Originator Document type – Title (Description) OSCE ID URL 124 3 October Kazakhstan PO in Astana ANALYTICAL REPORT on current problems in the protection of the rights of migrant workers http://www.osce.org/programme-office-in- and victims of trafficking in persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan, prepared by the Commission astana/348196 on Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 125 16 October Armenia ODIHR OPINION PAPER on the draft law of the Republic of Armenia amending the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations”, based on an unofficial English translation of the Draft http://www.osce.org/odihr/352141 Amendments provided by the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia. 126 18 October Ukraine RFoM LEGAL ANALYSIS of the draft law on “Changes to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Countering Threats to National Security in the Information Sphere” was commissioned by the Office of the http://www.osce.org/fom/350791 OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media and carried out by Dr. Joan Barata Mir, independent media freedom expert from Spain. 127 31 October Switzerland ODIHR OPINION PAPER on the draft federal law on the support to the national human rights http://www.osce.org/odihr/356406 institution of Switzerland, based on an unofficial English translation of the Draft Act. 128 15 November FYROM RFoM ANALYSIS of the draft law amending the Macedonian Law on audio and audiovisual media services, commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media http://www.osce.org/fom/356701 from Prof. Dr. Katrin Nyman Metcalf, Chair of Law and Technology of the Tallinn University of Technology, Expert on Communications Law. 129 24 November Kazakhstan RFoM ANALYSIS of certain provisions of the basic law of the Kyrgyz Republic on ‘Election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic’ in relation to the provisions regulating activities of the Internet-based media in the campaign period http://www.osce.org/ru/fom/358706 against the backdrop of international treaties, the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, the national legislation was conducted in September 2017. 130 24 November Kazakhstan RFoM FINAL LEGAL REVIEW of the draft law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on “Amendments and http://www.osce.org/ru/fom/358686 Addenda to Some Legal Acts on Issues of Information and Communications”. 131 27 November Malta RFoM LEGAL ANALYSIS of the draft Law of the Republic of Malta to provide for the Updating of the Regulation of Media and Defamation matters and for matters consequential or ancilliary thereto, http://www.osce.org/fom/358906 commissioned from Dr. Joan Barata Mir, Independent Media Freedom Expert. 132 11 December OSCE region RFoM LIST of killed journalists in the OSCE region 1992–2017. In order to quantify the extent of impunity for killings of journalists and to provide the authorities of OSCE participating States with http://www.osce.org/fom/363446 a database of information on investigations and prosecutions, the Office of the RFoM compiled a list of members of the media who have been killed in the OSCE region in the last 25 years.