PA (05) I.2 E Original: ENGLISH DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY “30 Years since Helsinki: Challenges ahead” RAPPORTEUR Mr. Pieter De Crem Belgium WASHINGTON D.C., 1 TO 5 JULY 2005

1 GENERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY DRAFT RESOLUTION The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: 1. Advocating that the Caucasus and Central Asia, in their quality of OSCE states bordering the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, become an increasing operational challenge for the OSCE due to a number of standing challenges posed by the traficking in illicit drugs as well as   arms  and  humans  beings,  environmental  security  and  illegal  migration;  as  such,  they  will require more resources and operational attention in the future; 2. Underlining  that  the  Eurasian  traffic  in  illict  drugs  from  the  Golden  Crescent,  adding  to  a similar drug traffic from North Africa to the Mediterranean,  is an increasing security concern for the internal security of the OSCE area, as well as in the OSCE states’ relations with non- member states; The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 3. Proposes that the OSCE increases its efforts to combat drugs and other trafficking through the following possible initiatives: 3.1. look  into  the  possibilities  to  offer  affected  non-OSCE  members  Afghanistan  and Pakistan  a  Partnership  Agreement  that  would  provide  a  framework  for  information exchange and confidence building measures with the Central Asian OSCE states; 3.2. initiate steps to upgrade the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) into a real security body  for  the  OSCE;  as  such,  the  FSC  could  function  as  a  permanent  and  coherent advisory and backup  structure for the Permanent Council on  policing issues, border monitoring issues and other first dimension areas; 3.3. look into best practices and lessons learned from efforts to curb similar traffic between North Africa and the Mediterranean OSCE states; 4. Recommends that the OSCE expands assistance destined at improving the capacity of border policing  in  the  drug  traffic-affected  OSCE  member  states,  in  coordination  with  or/and  as  a supplement to existing and planned UN efforts; 5. Advocates that the fight against terrorism and organised crime is not carried out at the expense of legitimate human rights concerns among ethnic and religious communities, particularly but not exclusively in the cases of the Chechens and Uighurs; 6. Recognises  the  crucial  role  the  OSCE,  through  its  asset  of  field  presence  and  the  High Commissioner on National Minorities and in coordination and cooperation with initiatives by the  European  Union,  can  play  in  the  monitoring  and  information  gathering  on  the  status  of ethnic  minorities  so  that  national  asylum  administrations  of  the  OSCE  member  states  can outline a sound and just policy towards asylum requests by members of communities at risk; special  attention  should  be  given  to  women  given  their  higher  vulnerability  for  exploitation and violence;  

2 In the field of Environmental Security, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: 7. Underlines the importance and transnational nature of  Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management  activities in the OSCE area; 8. Advocates  to  use  and  strengthen  the  ENVSEC  Initiative  as  a  prime  framework  to  support initiatives aimed at closer regional cooperation in  the field of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management; In the field of Institutional Reform in the OSCE, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: 9. Advocates measures that are to enhance dialogue and closer institutional cooperation with the OSCE structures, eg.; 10.  Urges the executive branch of the OSCE to provide an explanation about the follow-up of the recommendations  adopted  by  the  OSCE  PA,  taking  into  account  the  relevant  items  of  the Rotterdam Declaration; 11.  Proposes a more substantial organization of the OSCE PA winter meetings; 12.  Recommends  the  implementation  of  “written  questions”in  accordance  with  Rule  40  in  the Assembly’s Rules of Procedures; 13.  Encourages the reform of the OSCE as regards its Efficiency and Effectiveness; 14.  Urges  Members  to  Follow-up  on  OSCE  PA  Declarations  in  their  national  Parliaments;  one way to ensure greater attention for this aspect is to include coverage, in the relevant chapters of   the   OSCE   Parliamentary   Assembly’s   website,   of   questions   by   national   Members   of Parliament to their Governments on OSCE affairs; 15.  Advocates  the upgrading of the status and job security of seconded OSCE Field Staff through one-year standard contracts; 16.  Encourages    maximal  gender  balance  among  international  as  well  as  national  staff  in  the OSCE field missions; 17.  Encourages  the  debate  on  the  question  whether  the  name  Organization  for  Security  and Cooperation  in  Europe  still  adequately  reflects  the  Organisation’s  operational  scope  and reality;

3 GENERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the DRAFT RESOLUTION On “30 YEARS SINCE HELSINKI: HALLENGES AHEAD” [Set out text of Amendment here:] Principal Sponsor: Mr/Mrs Family Name in Capital Letters Country Signature Co - sponsored by: Mr/Mrs Family Name in Capital Letters Country Signature