Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 45-46

Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Weeks 45/46, 2017
During the past two weeks there have been meetings by the Permanent Council
(PC) and the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). Various committees and oth-
er informal bodies and gatherings have also held meetings. In addition, there were
a “Reinforced” (by representatives from the capitals) Ambassadorial Retreat in
Eisenstadt and a Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on Access
to Justice. The Ambassadorial Retreat was also attended by PA Secretary Gen-
eral Roberto Montella.
Vienna also organized the visit of the newly formed PA Ad hoc Committee on
Countering Terrorism and the visit of the OSCE PA delegation from the Nether-
lands. The Chair of the Ad hoc Committee, Makis Voridis, briefed the PC’s Securi-
ty Committee about the PA’s activities on the issues that the committee is dealing
with. Both the members of the Ad hoc Committee and the Dutch PA Delegation
also participated in an extended briefing program arranged by the Office. The
Dutch Delegation also paid a welcome visit to the Office and received extensive
briefings about the work of the PA.
I also represented the PA at a Launching Conference called “Graz recommenda-
tions on Access to Justice and National Minorities” of the OSCE High Commis-
sioner for National Minorities (HCNM) in Graz, Austria, and accompanied OSCE
PA Special Representative and Vice President Roberto Battelli to a NATO PA
Rose Roth Seminar on the Western Balkans (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Reports of the
PA’s participation at the retreat, the visit by the Ad hoc Committee and the Ljublja-
na Seminar can be found on the PA website and in the News from Copenhagen.
The PC forwarded a draft agenda to the Ministerial Council to be held in Vienna on
December 7 and 8, 2017. This is now the time when all formal and informal bodies
of the OSCE are working on draft documents for the Ministerial Council. The PC is
still dealing with routine business, receiving reports from the OSCE executive
structures and briefings by visiting officials from international organizations etc.
However, most of its attention (and that of the FSC) is absorbed by this work. I
attach a list of the drafts that are currently under discussion to this report.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
November 20, 2017
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MC.INF/6/17/Rev.2
17 November 2017
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe RESTRICTED
Ministerial Council ENGLISH only
Vienna 2017
Chairmanship: Austria
Status of decisions/documents proposed for adoption∗
or
adopted by the OSCE Ministerial Council in the year 2017
(as of 17 November 2017, 5.30 p.m.)
Reference number Title Status
MC.DEC/1/17 Decision No.1/17 on the appointment of
the OSCE High Commissioner on
National Minorities
Adopted through a
silence procedure
on 18 July 2017
MC.DEC/2/17 Decision No. 2/17 on the appointment
of the OSCE Representative on
Freedom of the Media
Adopted through a
silence procedure
on 18 July 2017
MC.DEC/3/17 Decision No.3/17 on the appointment of
the Director of the Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human
Rights
Adopted through a
silence procedure
on 18 July 2017
MC.DEC/4/17 Decision No. 4/17 on the appointment
of the OSCE Secretary General
Adopted through a
silence procedure
on 18 July 2017
MC.DD/5/17/Rev.2
Includes language on the
OSCE PA
Draft declaration on preventing and
countering terrorism and violent
extremism and radicalization that lead to
terrorism
Under discussion in
the Security
Committee
MC.DD/6/17/Rev.1 Draft decision on fostering OSCE efforts
to address transnational threats through
the promotion and support of intelligence-
led policing
Under discussion in
the Security
Committee
MC.DD/7/17 Draft decision on the facilitation of
independent monitoring of public
assemblies in the OSCE area
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
This table does not imply the potential order of adoption of decisions/documents.
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MC.DD/8/17 Draft decision on the contribution of free
and pluralistic media to security and
cooperation in the OSCE region
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
MC.DD/9/17 Draft decision on promoting economic
participation in the OSCE area
Under discussion in
the Economic and
Environmental
Committee
MC.DD/10/17 Draft decision on greening our economies
and fostering our environmental
cooperation
Under discussion in
the Economic and
Environmental
Committee
MC.DD/11/17/Rev.1 Draft decision on strengthening efforts to
prevent trafficking in human beings
Under discussion in
informal meetings
MC.DD/12/17/Rev.1 Draft decision on increasing the
participation of women in the security
sector
Submitted to the
Security
Committee
MC.DD/13/17 Draft decision on small arms and light
weapons and stockpiles of conventional
ammunition
Under discussion in
WGB of the FSC
MC.DD/14/17 Draft decision on the time and place of
the next meeting of the OSCE
Ministerial Council
Consensus in the
PrepComm,
forwarded to the
PC
MC.DD/15/17 Draft declaration on promoting military
stability and security
Under discussion in
WGB of the FSC
MC.DD/16/17
Language on OSCE PA
under discussion
Draft decision on preventing and
combating violence against women
Ùnder discussion in
informal meetings
MC.DD/17/17 Draft decision on enhancing OSCE
efforts related to the security of and in the
use of information and communication
technologies
Under discussion in
the IWG
established by
Permanent Council
Decision 1039
MC.DD/18/17 Draft decision on enhancing efforts to
combat intolerance based on religious
grounds
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
MC.DD/19/17 Draft Commemorative Declaration on the
occasion of the Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary of the Forum for Security
Co-operation
Under discussion in
WGB of the FSC
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Other issues related to the Twenty-Fourth Ministerial Council Meeting
PC.DEC/1270 Decision on the timetable of the Twenty-
Fourth Meeting of the
OSCE Ministerial Council
Adopted on 2
November 2017
PC.DEC/1271 Decision on forwarding of a draft
agenda to the Ministerial Council
Adopted on 16
November 2017
MC.GAL/2/17 Draft agenda for the twenty-fourth meeting
of the OSCE Ministerial Council
Forwarded to the
MC
At the Request by the Chairmanship the following table has been included
Other documents under preparation by the Chairmanship
Draft decision on the OSCE
Chairmanship in the year 2020
Draft declaration on the conflict dealt with
by the Minsk Conference
Draft declaration on the crisis in and
around Ukraine
Draft declaration on the Geneva
International Discussions
Draft declaration on the Transdniestrian
settlement process
Participating State’s Proposals for Draft Decisions and Draft Declarations of the
Ministerial Council
PC.DEL/1447/17 - Joint Proposal by the Delegations of the United States, Italy, and Belarus for a MC
Decision on Strengthening Efforts to Combat Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children
Functions
PC.DEL/1485/17 - Proposal by Switzerland for a DD on Optimizing the OSCE Calendar of Human
Dimension Events with Regards to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting as of 2019
PC.DEL/1488/17 - Joint Proposal by Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian
Federation for a Draft Decision on Connectivity and Alignment of Integration Process in the OSCE
Area
PC.DEL/1506/17 - Proposal by Italy for a Draft Ministerial Decision on an Amendment of the OSCE
Rules of Procedure
PC.DEL/1519/17 - Proposal by the Russian Federation for a Draft Declaration on Strengthening the
OSCE Efforts on Countering Terrorist Ideology and Propaganda in the Context of the Implementation
of the UN Security Council Resolution 2354 (2017)
PC.DEL/1527/17 - Proposal by the Russian Federation for a Draft Decision on Optimizing the
Modalities for the OSCE Human Dimension Events Functions