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March 2021 Plenary Meetings of the Forum for Security Co-operation
This is a collection of documents of the March 2021 Forum for Security Co-operation plenary meetings.
971st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
The Forum for Security Co-operation adopted Decision No. 2/21 on the OSCE Meeting to Review the Implementation of OSCE Assistance Projects in the Field of Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition. Closing session: – Remarks by Ms. L. Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, United States Department of Defense; – Remarks by Mr. R. Hudson, member of the House of Representatives, United States Congress, and Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Armenia, Annex 1; Albania, Annex 2; Sweden, Annex 3; Turkey, Annex 4; Azerbaijan, Annex 5; Russian Federation, Annex 6; Serbia, Annex 7). Call for applications for the 2021 OSCE-UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security training programme (Representative of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Annex 8). Matters of protocol (Russian Federation, Annex 9). Location of the "DEFENDER-Europe 2021" military exercise, to be conducted from 1 May to 14 June 2021 (Serbia, Annex 10).
970th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Security Dialogue: Confidence- and Security-Building amid Strategic Ambiguity: – Interactive simulation presented by Ms. S. Rybski, Director of Training and Exercises, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats; – Discussion moderated by Mr. R. Hindren, Head of International Relations, European Centre for Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats; – Concluding presentation by Mr. D. Roh, Acting Principal Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Operations & Combatting Terrorism, US Department of Defense. Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 1). Unnotified large-scale military exercise in Azerbaijan (Armenia, Annex 2; Azerbaijan, Annex 3; Turkey, Annex 4). Military exercises to be held in the Russian Federation in March 2021 (Russian Federation, Annex 5). Call for papers for the second 2021 OSCE-IFSH essay competition on conventional arms control and confidence- and security-building measures, for students and young professionals (Representative of the Conflict
Prevention Centre, Annex 6). Report on the thirty-first Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting, held via video teleconference on 2 and 3 March 2021 (Montenegro, Annex 7). National military exercise “Response 2021”, to be held in Serbia on 17 and 18 April 2021 (Serbia, Annex 8).
80th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Implementing UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in the FSC, on the occasion of International Women’s Day: – Presentation by Brigadier General J. Meyeraan, Deputy Director of Partnering, Security Cooperation and Missile Defense, United States European Command; – Presentation by Ms. A. Bell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, United States Department of State; – Presentation by Ms. C. de Jonge Oudraat, President of Women in International Security (PC Chairperson, Annex 1; Portugal-European Union, Annex 2; France and Germany, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 3; Holy See, Annex 4; Canada, Annex 5; Germany, Annex 6; Turkey, Annex 7; Annex 8; Spain, Annex 9; Armenia, Annex 10; Italy, Annex 11; FSC Co-ordinator for Matters Related to UNSCR 1325 (Albania), Annex 12; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia), Annex 13). Invitation to expert consultations on a request by Azerbaijan for assistance with explosive hazards risk reduction and response action, to be held on 18 March 2021 (FSC Chairperson, Annex 14). Meeting of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, held via video teleconference on 25 February 2021: Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia), Annex 15).