1000th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

The Chairperson, the Holy See, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Greece-European Union, Armenia, the United States of America, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Canada, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Moldova extended condolences to Turkey in connection with the coal-mine disaster on 13 May 2014 in Soma. Turkey thanked delegations for their expressions of condolences. The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Marios Ieronymides, and the new Permanent Representative of Spain to the OSCE, H.E. Ambassador Jorge Domecq. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador György Szabó. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation of civil society in Azerbaijan. Twentieth anniversary of the ceasefire regime in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The death penalty in Belarus. Permanent Council Decision No. 1122 on the dates and agenda of the 2014 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Announcement by the Chairperson-in-Office, in a letter issued on 15 May 2014 (see the annex to this journal), of the adoption through a silence procedure of Ministerial Council Decision No. 2/14, on the extension of the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General (see MC.DEC/2/14, the text of which is appended to this journal).