Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 04, 2014

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Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Week 4, 2014
This week, there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC) (Presentations by the
Chairs of the Economic and Environmental Committee and the Human Dimension
Committee), the Forum for Security Cooperation, all three thematic committees (Secu-
rity Committee, Human Dimension Committee, Economic and Environmental Commit-
tee), the Advisory Committee for Management and Finance (Presentation on the En-
hancement of the Secondment System, Presentation on the OSCE Training Strategy
for 2014-2016) and of the Asian Contact Points, as well as other informal gatherings.
Marc Carillet, together with the ODIHR, spent most of the week participating in the
Needs Assessment Mission for the Hungarian elections.
The PC debated the reports by the Chairs of the second and third committee. All three
Chairpersons will brief parliamentarians at our Winter Meeting, a point which has been
announced in some of the above mentioned meetings. In addition, the PC debated
seven issues under the “Current Issues” agenda item. Apart from a commemoration of
Holocaust Day, with an impressive statement from the ambassador of Israel, the most
relevant current issue was the events in Ukraine. I briefly referred to the pertinent PA
Press releases and presidential statements. I also announced the Winter Meeting, giv-
ing some indications about the program of that meeting.
The FSC held its opening session under the new Maltese Chairmanship, which was
addressed by the Maltese Foreign Minister Dr. Vella. The Maltese Chairmanship will
put a particular emphasis on security issues in and linked to the Southern Mediterra-
nean. The Arab Partner Countries, whose ambassadors were (almost) all present, ex-
pressed their satisfaction with this.
There is still no consensus on the 2014 OSCE budget.
The interest in the upcoming Winter Meeting is very high, not only in the context of the
cooperation between the committees, but also with reference to the Helsinki+40 Pro-
cess. I had a number of meetings with ambassadors in preparation for the Winter
Meeting, and more will follow next week.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
January 27, 2014
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