Report from the Vienna Liaison Office, week 47-48 2019

MC.INF/8/19
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 18 November 2019
Ministerial Council RESTRICTED
Bratislava 2019 ENGLISH only
Chairmanship: Slovakia
Status of decisions/documents proposed for adoption
or adopted by the OSCE Ministerial Council in the year 2019
(as of 18 November 2019, 5.30 p.m.)
Reference number Title Status
MC.DD/1/19/Rev.1 Draft declaration on
enhancing efforts to combat intolerance
and discrimination against persons based
on their thought, conscience, religion or
belief, including against Christians, Jews,
Muslims and members of other religions
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
MC.DD/2/19 Draft decision on the prevention and
eradication of torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
MC.DD/3/19 Draft decision on promoting energy
co-operation to increase economic
progress and sustainability
Under discussion in
the Economic and
Environmental
Committee
MC.DD/4/19 Draft ministerial decision on
promoting digital innovation to increase
economic progress and sustainability
Under discussion in
the Economic and
Environmental
Committee
MC.DD/5/19 Draft decision on strengthening the
OSCE’s role in border security and
management
Under discussion in
the Security
Committee
MC.DD/6/19 Draft decision on strengthening OSCE
efforts to prevent and counter terrorism
Under discussion in
the Security
Committee
MC.DD/7/19 Draft commemorative declaration on the
occasion of the 25th anniversary of the
OSCE Code of Conduct on politico
military aspects of security
Under discussion in
the WG B of the
FSC
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This table does not imply the potential order of adoption of decisions/documents.
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MC.DD/8/19 Draft commemorative declaration on the
occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the OSCE
principles governing non-proliferation
and fifteenth anniversary
of the United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1540
Under discussion in
the WG B of the
FSC
MC/DD/9/19 Draft decision on the right to freedom of
peaceful assembly in the OSCE area
Under discussion in
the Human
Dimension
Committee
MC/DD/10/19 Draft decision on
preventing and combating human
trafficking through educating
schoolchildren and taking a victim
centred and trauma-informed approach
To be submitted to
the Human
Dimension
Committee
Other issues related to the Twenty-Sixth Ministerial Council Meeting
PC.DEC/1348 Decision on forwarding of a draft
agenda to the Ministerial Council
Adopted on
14 November 2019
PC.DD/32/19/Corr.2 Draft decision on the timetable and
organizational modalities of the
Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the OSCE
Ministerial Council
Under discussion in
the Prep Comm
MC.GAL/1/19 Draft agenda for the Twenty-Sixth
Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
Forwarded to the
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Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Week 47/48, 2019
During these weeks there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC), the Forum for Se-
curity Cooperation (FSC), the Contact Groups with the Partners for Cooperation, many meet-
ings of the informal bodies and drafting sessions, as well as a two-day Supplementary Human
Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and an event of the Repre-
sentative for the Freedom of the Media on “How do we curtail the spread of hate speech,
violent extremism and disinformation online while protecting free speech?” I took part in
the Reinforced Ambassadorial Retreat in Bratislava. Marco Bonabello participated in a Meet-
ing of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean on Counterterrorism in Rome and
Francesco Pagani in a Staff meeting in Copenhagen.
The PC extended the mandates of the OSCE field presences in Albania, Montenegro, North
Macedonia (“Skopje”), Serbia and Uzbekistan and forward the Ministerial Council Agenda to
the ministers. The FSC adopted Agenda and Modalities of the Thirtieth Annual Implementa-
tion Assessment Meeting and approved the Conflict Prevention Center’s Support for the An-
nual Exchange of Military Information.
The main focus continued to be on the growing number of draft documents that have been
put forward for the Ministerial Council meeting which will start in Bratislava this week (see
attached list). With many delegations insisting on language that clearly and foreseeably
crosses “Red Lines” of others, it is difficult to predict whether there will be any meaningful
paper output from this meeting. References to the work of the OSCE PA can be found in
most drafts put forward by the Chairmanship – unfortunately most of these references
have been objected to by the delegation of the Russian Federation. Hopefully, this will
change during the drafting sessions that will start in Bratislava tomorrow. So far, it has not
been possible to adopt decisions on the next two chairmanships after Albania (Sweden/Po-
land). These decisions seem to have become hostage to some bilateral issues.
Another focus remains on the budget discussions. The deadline will be quickly reached af-
ter the Ministerial Council.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
December 3, 2019
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