OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2017-18
OSCE Alm.del Bilag 23
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AS (18) DRS 2 E
Original: English
DRAFT RESOLUTION
FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
AND ENVIRONMENT
Implementing OSCE Commitments:
The Role of Parliaments
RAPPORTEUR
Ms. Sofio Katsarava
Georgia
BERLIN, 7
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11 JULY 2018
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DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Rapporteur: Ms. Sofio Katsarava (Georgia)
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Stressing the unique role of national parliaments in formulating legislative proposals to
promote economic reforms implementing OSCE commitments in the second dimension,
in particular preventing and combating corruption, increasing transparency and
accessibility, cracking down on organized crime, money laundering, and the financing
of terrorism,
Recalling the nexus between the environment and security recognized by the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly in the 1992 Budapest Declaration, and recognizing the
destabilizing effects of climate change throughout the OSCE area,
Emphasizing the need to intensify the discussion on the expansion of renewable and
sustainable energy and maximizing energy efficiency,
Recognizing the important role of new technologies, the digital economy, and science
in solving the environmental problems that the world is facing,
Recalling the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, in which participating States recognized that
“efforts to develop co-operation
in the fields of trade, industry, science and technology,
the environment and other areas of economic activity contribute to the reinforcement of
peace and security in Europe and in the world as a whole”,
Noting that OSCE Ministerial Council Decision No. 8/17 on Promoting Economic
Participation in the OSCE Area adopted at the 24
th
OSCE Ministerial Council also
called for the strengthening of co-operation on economic activities promoting
sustainable economic, social and environmental development,
Welcoming the priority of the Italian Chairmanship to enhance dialogue and strengthen
the OSCE second dimension in line with the previous Austrian and German
Chairmanships, with the goal of promoting economic progress and security through
innovation, human capital, good governance, and the transition towards renewable
energy, as well as maximizing the role of digital economy as a driver for innovation,
competitiveness and inclusive growth,
Recalling the OSCE PA 2017 Minsk Declaration, which stipulates that the implications
deriving from rapid advances in digitalization should be given due consideration,
Supporting the OSCE’s 25
th
Economic and Environmental Forum and its 2018 theme
“Greening the Economy and Building Partnerships for Security in the OSCE Region”,
Welcoming the steps taken since the 2015 United Nations Paris Climate Change
Conference (COP21) and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, including the launch at
COP23 of the Talanoa Dialogue to take stock of progress made on climate action,
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Noting the report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at COP23 that outlines
five macro-areas of action on climate: reducing emissions, adaptation, finance,
partnerships and leadership,
Welcoming the adoption of the Gender Action Plan at COP23 under the Lima work
programme on gender that seeks to advance women’s full, equal,
and meaningful
participation and to promote gender-responsive climate policy,
Welcoming
the launch of the “Powering Past Coal Alliance” at COP23 in Bonn in 2017
that was formed by more than 20 countries and sub-national actors, its commitment to
supporting clean power and to restricting financing for traditional coal power without
carbon capture and storage,
Welcoming the participation of more than 2,500 mayors, governors, and others from
across the United States at the COP23 who, on 11 November 2017, released the
“America’s Pledge” report,
which outlined the scope of subnational climate action in
the U.S. following the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris
Agreement,
Expressing concern about the disastrous consequences of conflicts on the environment,
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16. Alarmed by the increase of weather-related natural disasters reported by the United
Nations Office for Disaster Reduction,
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Acknowledging the increase of environmental migration due to man-made and natural
disasters aggravated by climate change, and deeply concerned about the increasing
number of Internally Displaced Persons,
Recalling the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles
on Internal Displacement as well as the United Nations New York Declaration for
Refugees and Migrants adopted in 2016 that aims to protect the human rights of all
refugees and migrants and gave impetus to the negotiations for the adoption of a global
compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration and a global compact on refugees in
2018,
Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable
Development Goals that call for action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure
peace and prosperity, with the ultimate goal of sustainably improving life for future
generations,
Welcoming the results of the first Annual Showcase of the 16+ Forum held in Georgia
in 2017 that discussed policies and best practices to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals, with particular attention to SDG 16: Promote peaceful and
inclusive societies for sustainable development,
Stressing the importance of the Open Government Partnership in promoting
transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessing new
technologies to strengthen governance,
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Recognizing the destructive effects of corruption and organized crime that undermine
good governance, lead to the mismanagement of public funds, distort competitive
markets, and endanger international security,
Recalling the OSCE PA 2017 Minsk Declaration, which called on participating States
to “enhance the level of co-operation
among law enforcement agencies and other
relevant institutions in combating corruption, money laundering, the production and
trafficking of narcotics, the financing of terrorism and other financial crime”,
Emphasizing the role that beneficial ownership transparency has to play in combating
transnational corruption,
Reiterating the support of the OSCE PA for the work of the Office of the Co-ordinator
of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, and welcoming the priorities of the
Office for 2018, in particular, preventing and combating corruption, money laundering
and financing of terrorism, good migration governance, promoting good water
governance and trans-boundary digital co-operation, fostering co-operative responses to
climate change, and increasing energy efficiency and share of renewable energy,
Encouraging the OSCE to strengthen its focus on anti-corruption, including through
examining the potential for a thematic field mission or other structure to assist all 57
participating States with the implementation of their OSCE commitments, particularly
in the field of combating money laundering and transnational organized crime,
Taking note of the Silk Road initiative aimed at promoting co-operation between the
participating States
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an initiative which is necessary for achieving the security,
stability, and prosperity of OSCE nations,
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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:
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Urges OSCE participating States to intensify their involvement in the consideration of
economic and environmental issues, both at a national and international level,
acknowledging that they constitute two essential pillars of the security structure of the
OSCE area in line with the commitments enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act;
Stresses that the climate crisis represents an immediate threat to the security of the
OSCE area and needs to be addressed with extreme urgency in line with the OSCE’s
comprehensive approach to security;
Calls on parliaments of OSCE participating States to promote universal ratification of
the Paris Agreement on climate change and to boost the implementation of the Intended
Nationally Determined Contributions to strengthen the global response to climate
change aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and keeping the increase of global
average temperature below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels;
Urges parliaments to adopt legislation to establish or further develop anti-corruption
policies, including beneficial ownership transparency and to promote best practices to
ensure a genuinely free and competitive market, as well as enable sustainable and
environmentally friendly economic growth;
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Calls on participating States to further elaborate and implement policies that promote
environmental good governance to place renewed attention on the development and
expansion of renewable and sustainable energy with the ultimate aim of reaching
energy efficiency through clean energy sources;
Invites all participating States to develop incentives and economy funds to encourage
the use of clean, renewable energy sources;
Urges participating States and their parliaments to encourage gender-inclusive dialogue
on the second dimension and advance
women’s participation by implementing
economic, environmental, social, and educational policies and reforms;
Calls on OSCE parliamentarians to spare no effort in conveying OSCE pledges and
values to parliamentary colleagues to promote and approve laws to implement OSCE
commitments and guarantee their effective execution through parliamentary oversight
on governments;
Emphasizes the role of parliamentarians in raising public awareness of the OSCE, its
values and commitments, through parliamentary dialogue and outreach to the media to
encourage public debate;
Calls on parliaments of participating States to consider the need to modernize national
legislation in the fields of science and ecology with the aim of solving the problems of
technological impact on the environment;
Underlines that rapid advances in digitalization are causing fundamental changes in all
aspects of life, which require a modernization of national and international legislation
and legislative flexibility to adapt to an ever-changing world order;
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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calls the attention of OSCE governments to the
following:
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Calls on participating States to draft and implement forest conservation regulations to
gradually reduce and ultimately stop deforestation and to develop agro-responsible
strategies to limit the emissions of greenhouse gas mainly due to fertilization;
Calls on the OSCE to establish a system of ecological monitoring of war-torn and
occupied territories to assess the disruptive and disastrous consequences of conflicts on
the environment and consequently formulate recommendations in line with the OSCE
principle of comprehensive security;
Calls on participating States to establish institutional mechanisms for anti-corruption
policy co-ordination and monitoring through increasing partnerships and co-operation;
Urges OSCE participating States to speedily implement effective, coherent, and
comprehensive policies to respond to migration flows, with particular attention to
vulnerable groups such as women, girls, and unaccompanied minors;
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Encourages the draft of an international document legitimizing the category of
environmental refugees and recognizing the right to asylum for people fleeing their
countries because of environmental deterioration;
Calls on participating States to redouble their efforts to identify and address the root
causes of forcible displacement, and encourages the inclusion of Internally Displaced
Persons in the OSCE working agenda;
Urges participating States to establish partnerships between governments and other
relevant actors to promote effective migration management policies and strategies,
including through the exchange of best practices that encourage legal migration.
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GENERAL COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the DRAFT RESOLUTION
on
IMPLEMENTING OSCE COMMITMENTS:
THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS
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Principal Sponsor:
Mr/Mrs
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Signature
Co-sponsored by:
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Capital Letters
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