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Statement by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in response to the the FSC Chairperson’s Perception paper on issues relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC.DEL/200/13, dated 6 december 2013)
Publishing date: 11 December 2013
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
740th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Journal of the 734th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Presentation on “Arms Control in Europe” by Mr. A. Mikhnenko, Deputy Director, Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine (Switzerland, also on behalf of Serbia, Annex).
Presentation on the Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies by Mr. J. Lindenmann, Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs- Participating States and Organizations
Publishing date: 6 November 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
733rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Journal of the 733rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 6 November 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Presentation on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel (Switzerland, Annex 1). Presentation on the Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies by Mr. J. Lindenmann, Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom, Annex 2). Seminar on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, held in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 23 to 25 October 2013 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annex 3; Switzerland, also on behalf of Germany, Annex 4). Donors conference on the MONDEM programme, held in Podgorica on 1 November 2013.
Journal of the 732nd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Presentation of the new Austrian security strategy “Security in a new decade: shaping of security” by Brigadier General R. Trischak, Director of the Military Policy Division of the Ministry of Defence of Austria. Arms control in Europe: – Presentation on “Arms control in Europe” by Dr. V. Badrak, Director, Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine; – Presentation on “The way forward in the politico-military area: co-operative security, confidence- and security-building measures and arms control” by Mr. L. Zannier, Secretary General of the OSCE. Presentation on “Results of the Zapad-2013 Exercise” by Colonel General A. Postnikov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and Colonel A. Krivanos, Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (Colonel General A. Postnikov, Annex 1; Colonel A. Krivanos, Annex 2). Financial contributions to small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) projects in the OSCE area (Switzerland, Annex 3; Serbia, Annex 4; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annex 5; Montenegro, Annex 6).
Journal of the 731st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Forum, offered condolences to the Russian Federation in connection with a terrorist attack that had taken place in Volgograd on 21 October 2013. Dayton Peace Accords: Presentation on activities of the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords by Major General M. Torres, Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Accords (Serbia, also on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro, Annex). Small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) projects in Kyrgyzstan: – Presentation on enhancing the capacity of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan for physical security and stockpile management of SALW and CA, by H.E. Ambassador S. Kapinos, Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek; and – Presentation on the SALW and SCA project in Kyrgyzstan, by Colonel Z. Suerkulov, First Deputy Minister of Defence of Kyrgyzstan. Forum for Security Co-operation Decision No. 5/13 on the date of the 2013 Meeting of the Heads of Verification Centres.
Statement by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in response to the presentation on “Arms Control in Europe” by Mr. A. Mikhnenko, Deputy Director, Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
734th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Journal of the 730th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, on behalf of the Forum, offered condolences to Tajikistan in connection with the train accident that took place on 10 October 2013. Presentations on Central Asia:- “Regional security challenges in Central Asia” by H.E. Ambassador M. Jenča, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Asia and “The OSCE’s involvement in the political-military dimension in Tajikistan” by H.E. Ambassador I. Nasredinov, Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the OSCE;- “Joint Efforts on Development of the National Capacity in Mine Action and Small Arms and Light Weapons / Conventional Ammunition Security in Tajikistan” and “Progress on Technical Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response in Central Asia” by Mr. L. Buhin, Mine Action Officer, OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Announcement of the completion of the destruction of all obsolete and expired ammunition in Cyprus (Cyprus, Annex).
Statement by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in response to the presentation by Mr. J. Lindenmann, Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Publishing date: 6 November 2013
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
733rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Statement by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in response to the presentation by Mr. J. Lenarč, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Publishing date: 6 November 2013
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
733rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation