Nyhedsbrev fra Ambassadør Andreas Nothelle, uge 08, 2014

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Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Week 8, 2014
During this week, there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC), the Forum for Securi-
ty Cooperation (FSC), the ambassadorial Working Group on Helsinki+40, the Working Group
on Cyber Security, Committee Meetings and the Austria-hosted Council of Europe-OSCE
Conference ‘Not for Sale – Joining Forces against Trafficking in Human Beings’.
The PC was addressed by the UN High Commissioner on Refugees Antonio Guterres, fol-
lowed by a debate about refugee problems in general and Syrian refugee crisis in particular.
It also discussed, among other “Current Issues”, the situation in Ukraine. The Chairmanship
has appointed Tim Guldimann as Special Representative for Ukraine. During the latter de-
bate, I referred to the Press Release by PA President Krivokapic, and later I briefly reported
on the PA Winter Meeting. The FSC had a discussion with the Deputy Foreign Minister of
Libya about ‘Illicit trafficking of Armaments in the Mediterranean Region’. Many delegates
then spoke in favor of Libya’s request to be accepted as a Mediterranean Partner for Coop-
eration, while Russia continued to express serious doubts. The Maltese FSC Chairmanship
reported on this to the PC, asking it to treat Libya’s request as a matter of urgency.
There is still no agreement on the 2014 draft Budget. The Chairmanship has announced the
composition of the group of Friends that will support it in its consultations with participating
States on the successor for ODIHR Director Lenarcic. It consists of the ambassadors of Ar-
menia, Liechtenstein and Poland. Thus, the Chairmanship has not accepted the PA Presi-
dent’s request to include the PA in this group.
I (and the News from Copenhagen) have already reported about my statement in the Securi-
ty Committee regarding the DCAF-study. In the meeting of the Working Group on Helsin-
ki+40 the Chairmanship and the eight Coordinators presented their Work Program. Four of
the Coordinators (Ireland, Finland, Austria, Turkey) referred - some extensively - to the need
for cooperation with the PA, and their meetings with PA representatives to that end. I pre-
sented the PA’s Helsinki+40 project. The Chairman of the PC, Amb. Greminger, praised the
PA for its ambitious project that, according to him, will contribute greatly to the process.
The Working Group on Cyber Security consisted of a four-hour brainstorming session about
technical measures that could be taken in order to implement the voluntary “Initial Set of
Confidence Building Measures” agreed upon last year.
The Conference on Trafficking discussed the evolution of this crime and the possibilities of
how to best address it. The intention was to incorporate the expertise of non-governmental
organizations in this debate and produce a joint Council of Europe/OSCE draft action plan.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
February 24, 2014
OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2013-14
OSCE Alm.del Bilag 24
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