Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 11-14, 2016

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    Report 14 Week 2016.pdf

    https://www.ft.dk/samling/20151/almdel/OSCE/bilag/25/1619116.pdf

    Special Representative
    To:
    PA President
    and
    PA Secretary General
    PC Brief Week 14, 2016
    This week, there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC), including a Special PC on the
    crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the plenary of the Minsk Group, the PrepComm, the
    Human Dimension Committee, the Informal Working Group Focusing on the Issue of Migration
    and Refugee Flows, a Workshop ‘‘Reflecting on the Implementation of the SSG/R Guidelines”.
    There also was a Working Luncheon hosted by Egypt for several main actors of the Contact
    Group with the Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation.
    The PC extended the Deployment of OSCE Observers to Two Russian Checkpoints on the
    Russian-Ukrainian Border for another three months. In the meeting of the Special PC on the
    crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan, I informed delegations about the joint statement by
    President Kanerva and Special Representative Vigenin. I also expressed condolences to the
    victims and the families and friends of the deceased and expressed the readiness of the PA to
    contribute – on an inter-parliamentary level - to the search for a comprehensive settlement and
    any confidence building-measure that reduces the risk for further hostilities on the path towards
    such a settlement. The members of the Group of countries working on the crisis dealt with by
    the Minsk Conference (“Minsk Group”), in a meeting that preceded the PC and to which I had
    been invited, had agreed on a brief statement regarding the immediate cessation of violence,
    which was presented to the PC. Co-Chairman US-Amb. Warlick, on behalf of the Minsk Group,
    and the Chairman-in-Office’s Special Representative Amb. Kasprzyk reported about the
    situation. In addition, apart from the usual list of “Current Issues”, there were several interpreta-
    tive statements regarding the decision to extend Dunja Mijatovic’s mandate and also regarding
    the observation of the two border crossing points.
    In a meeting of the OSCE’s “Informal Working Group Focusing on the Issue of Migration and
    Refugee Flows”, I informed delegations about the mandate of the PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on
    Migration and reiterated the PA’s readiness for close cooperation, as previously expressed in
    the Committee’s mandate and in a letter I sent to the Chairman of the Group, Swiss Amb. Wild.
    The week started with the launch of the OSCE’s Guidelines on Security Sector Govern-
    ance/Reform (SSG/R), which the Secretariat issued after close cooperation with many actors,
    including the OSCE PA. The latter was underlined by the OSCE Secretary General and several
    delegates in the meeting. I expressed the PA’s gratitude for this close and fruitful cooperation
    and announced that we will continue working on this issue which is very close to the heart of
    parliamentarians.
    Finally, the former Speaker of the Parliament of Cyprus and President of the Union of Cyprus
    Municipalities Alexis Galanos, together with several mayors from Cyprus and the Ambassador
    of the country, visited the Liaison Office.
    Andreas Nothelle
    Ambassador
    April 8, 2016
    OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2015-16
    OSCE Alm.del Bilag 25
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    Report 11_13 Week 2016 .pdf

    https://www.ft.dk/samling/20151/almdel/OSCE/bilag/25/1619115.pdf

    Special Representative
    To:
    PA President
    and
    PA Secretary General
    PC Brief Weeks 11-13, 2016
    Two out of these three weeks there were no meetings because of the Spring
    Recess. During week 11, there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC),
    the closing meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) under the
    Dutch Chairmanship, a Contact Group Meeting with the Mediterranean Part-
    ners for Co-operation, meetings of the Preparatory Committee (PrepComm),
    the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance (ACMF), the three topi-
    cal committees, as well as a number of other informal meetings, among them
    a Conflict Cycle Roundtable Discussion on Mediation, Dialogue Facilitation
    and Mediation Support. I participated in an ambassadorial event “Refugee Pol-
    icy – Challenge of the Future”.
    The PC adopted Agenda, Timetable and Organizational Modalities of the 2016
    OSCE Asian Conference (6/7 June 2016 in Thailand) and a Recommendation
    to the OSCE Ministers to Extend the Mandate of the OSCE Representative on
    Freedom of the Media by one year. In the meantime, the latter has been
    adopted by the Ministers through a Silence Procedure. This extension, which
    is not in line with the Rules (although there has been a precedent), is an
    emergency measure since delegations did not come to a consensus on a suc-
    cessor for Dunja Mijatovic.
    The Migration Committee of the governmental side has started its activities,
    and a close cooperation between that committee and the PA’s new Migration
    Committee has been decided.
    During the Roundtable discussions on Mediation, several delegations recog-
    nized an important role for the PA.
    Andreas Nothelle
    Ambassador
    April 5, 2016
    OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2015-16
    OSCE Alm.del Bilag 25
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