At their 1409^th meeting, on 7 July, the Ministers’ Deputies held exchanges of views with:

• Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, following his fact-finding mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 to 30 January 2021) [more information …];
• Mr Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, following the 3^rd part of the 2021 Session (Strasbourg, 21-24 June 2021).

 The Deputies adopted resolutions on:

• the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Liechtenstein and the Republic of Moldova;
• the renewal and extension of the European Diploma for Protected Areas in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

They took note with satisfaction of the progress review report on the implementation of the neighbourhood co-operation priorities for 2019 to 2021 with Kazakhstan.

They also took note of the annual report 2020 on the implementation of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023.

The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.