Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 11-14, 2016
Tilhører sager:
- Hovedtilknytning: OSCE alm. del (Bilag 25)
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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 Offentligt
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 Offentligt