Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the closing of the so-called crossing points in the occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia

Presentations by Ms. Hanna Herbst, Deputy Editor, Vice Austria, and Ms. Teresa Havlicek, Online Editor, Wienerin.at, on the safety of female journalists online. Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1245 on the dates and venue of the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March 2017. Rights of refugee children along migration routes to Europe. Closing of the so-called crossing points in the occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia. Need for substantive negotiations aimed at the settlement of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Political situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Call for the release of Mr. M. Huseynov in Azerbaijan. Hate crimes in the United States of America. Need to implement the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits. Parliamentary elections in Germany, to be held on 24 September 2017. Release of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 by the United States Department of State. Presidential election in Serbia, to be held on 2 April 2017.