Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 48, 2013

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Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Week 48, 2013
During this week, there were the usual meetings of the PC, the Forum for Security
Cooperation (FSC) and its subsidiary bodies, as well as the PC Committees and
meetings of other informal bodies. In addition, like during the previous week, there
were a high number of drafting sessions for Ministerial Council declarations and
decisions. In addition to that, I had a meeting with the future (as of January 1, 2014)
Special Representative of the incoming Swiss OSCE Chairmanship for South East
Europe, Amb. Gérard Stoudmann.
The PC finally decided on the modalities for next week’s Ministerial Council Meet-
ing. The decision was followed by a strong interpretative statement of Turkey on
behalf of Turkic speaking countries complaining about the exclusion of their organi-
zation from the MC meeting. The report by the Representative on Freedom of the
Media, Dunja Mijatovic, was followed by a long debate, as this year also represents
the 15th
anniversary of this institution. In my statement (PA.GAL/11/13), I outlined
how the OSCE PA had sponsored the creation of this institution before the Ministers
decided to establish it. At the occasion of the report of the OSCE Secretary General
on the implementation of the Gender Action Plan I briefed the PC (PA.GAL/10/13)
about the work of the PA’s Special Representative on Gender Hedy Fry.
The likelihood that participating States will agree on substantive texts at the MC
meeting has not increased. There is still opposition from participating States against
references to the work of the PA in OSCE documents. In private discussions, some
diplomats have again questioned the status and the rights of the PA in the process.
In the meeting with Amb. Stoudmann I informed him about the activities of the PA in
the region in general, and the PA’s Special Representative on South East Europe in
particular.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
November 29, 2013
OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2013-14
OSCE Alm.del Bilag 10
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