Special Representative
To:
PA President
and
PA Secretary General
PC Brief Weeks 11-13, 2016
Two out of these three weeks there were no meetings because of the Spring
Recess. During week 11, there were meetings of the Permanent Council (PC),
the closing meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) under the
Dutch Chairmanship, a Contact Group Meeting with the Mediterranean Part-
ners for Co-operation, meetings of the Preparatory Committee (PrepComm),
the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance (ACMF), the three topi-
cal committees, as well as a number of other informal meetings, among them
a Conflict Cycle Roundtable Discussion on Mediation, Dialogue Facilitation
and Mediation Support. I participated in an ambassadorial event “Refugee Pol-
icy – Challenge of the Future”.
The PC adopted Agenda, Timetable and Organizational Modalities of the 2016
OSCE Asian Conference (6/7 June 2016 in Thailand) and a Recommendation
to the OSCE Ministers to Extend the Mandate of the OSCE Representative on
Freedom of the Media by one year. In the meantime, the latter has been
adopted by the Ministers through a Silence Procedure. This extension, which
is not in line with the Rules (although there has been a precedent), is an
emergency measure since delegations did not come to a consensus on a suc-
cessor for Dunja Mijatovic.
The Migration Committee of the governmental side has started its activities,
and a close cooperation between that committee and the PA’s new Migration
Committee has been decided.
During the Roundtable discussions on Mediation, several delegations recog-
nized an important role for the PA.
Andreas Nothelle
Ambassador
April 5, 2016