OSCE, Alm.del - 2022-23 (2. samling) - Bilag 29: Reports and Draft Resolutions of the Three Committees of the OSCE PA

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DRAFT RESOLUTION

FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON

POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY

Strengthening Regional Security by Fostering

Democratic and Inclusive Societies:

The Role of the OSCE PA

RAPPORTEUR

Mr. Laurynas Kasciunas

Lithuania

VANCOUVER, 30 JUNE – 4 JULY 2023

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DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON

POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY

Rapporteur: Mr. Laurynas Kasciunas (Lithuania)

Strenuously reiterating its firm condemnation of the large-scale military invasion and war

of aggression by the Russian Federation, with the shameful accomplice role of Belarus

as co-aggressor, against Ukraine, launched in the context of Russia’s longstanding

violation of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine since 2014,

Recalling that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine constitutes the violation of

every single principle of the Helsinki Final Act, as well as a complete transgression of

the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and the United Nations (UN) Charter principles,

and expressing unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and

territorial integrity, as well as its inherent right to defend itself from external aggression,

in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter,

Recalling UN General Assembly resolution No 262/68 of 27 March 2014 “On territorial

integrity of Ukraine”, the UN General Assembly resolution No ES-11/1 “On Russia’s

aggression against Ukraine”, as well as all other UN General Assembly resolutions in

this regard, and supporting them fully,

Recalling all previous OSCE Parliamentary Resolutions in support of Ukraine resisting

Russia’s aggression,

Underlining the importance of strengthening the international isolation of Russia and in

this context recalling the decision by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session

in Birmingham (July 2022) to establish respective procedures within the OSCE PA Rules

of Procedure,

Condemning in the strongest possible terms deliberate attacks by Russia against

Ukraine’s residential areas and critical infrastructure, including heating and electricity

networks, schools, hospitals, churches, and other religious objects, as well as

intentionally targeting civilians, torturing, raping, and killing thousands of people,

including children, deporting them by force to Russia,

Underlining that many of these illegal actions by Russia can be considered war crimes

and crimes against humanity,

Recalling the report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine of 16 March 2023

that concludes that Russian authorities have violated a wide range of provisions of

international human rights law and international humanitarian law in various regions of

Ukraine,

Welcoming the International Criminal Court’s investigation of possible war crimes

related to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, including the arrest warrants

for Mr. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Ms. Maria Lvova-Belova,

Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of Russia,

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Welcoming the agreement signed between Ukraine and the International Criminal Court

on the establishment of a national office in Ukraine,

Supporting all efforts to establish a special international tribunal to bring all those

responsible for the crime of aggression against Ukraine to account,

Supporting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point Peace Plan, and underlining that

any peaceful solution to end this war will have to be in full compliance with international

law, Helsinki Final Act Principles, and the provisions of the Charter of Paris, notably

with respect to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its

internationally recognized borders, as well as Ukraine’s right to choose its own security

arrangements,

Expressing deep concern about the irresponsible behavior by Russia to attack various

nuclear power plants in Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) –

the largest NPP in Europe – to bring its military equipment to its territory and to use

Zaporizhzhia NPP as a shield for its attacks against various Ukraine’s settlements, thus

resulting in extensive kinetic activities in and around Zaporizhzhia NPP, thus also

creating unprecedented risk of a nuclear disaster,

Extremely alarmed by Russia's withdrawal from the New START nuclear arms Treaty,

along with its increasing threatening rhetoric in potential nuclear attacks and the

announcement regarding the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus, which

should serve as a reminder to the international community of the vital need for further

commitments and progress in the global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament,

Concerned about the steps backward in the matter of international military transparency,

and urging all participating States to proceed with the exchange of information on

military activities foreseen in the Vienna Document, which plays an important role in

confidence- and security-building and increasing openness and transparency regarding

military activities in the OSCE regions,

Recognizing the important role of parliamentarians in fostering and facilitating inclusive

political processes in relation to accountable security sector institutions in line with their

responsibilities arising from the OSCE commitments and principles,

Recalling the significant contributions of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation to

implement comprehensive security agreements and tools in the OSCE area, such as the

Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, the Principles Governing

Conventional Arms Transfers and Non-Proliferation, the Framework for Arms Control,

now blatantly violated by Russia and its accomplice Belarus,

Recognizing the added value of close co-operation between the OSCE Parliamentary

Assembly, the OSCE Secretariat, the OSCE Institutions and field operations on regional

and thematic issues, including emerging and ongoing crisis/conflict situations and the

OSCE’s conflict cycle toolbox, and encouraging continuous and proactive collaboration

in relation to conflict prevention and resolution, in particular through the OSCE’s Early

Warning Focal Point Network,

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Seriously concerned about Russia’s attempts to destabilize the situation in the

Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova,

Expressing deep regret over the unresolved conflict between the Russian

Federation and Georgia since 2008, and underscoring the necessity of full

implementation by the Russian Federation of the EU-mediated 12 August 2008

Ceasefire Agreement, as well as the decision by the European Court of Human

Rights of January 2021,

Reiterating its call to Armenia and Azerbaijan to reconvene and make progress towards

a comprehensive and sustainable peace agreement to achieve the establishment of good-

neighbour relations and security in the South Caucasus region,

Welcoming diplomatic efforts aiming at facilitating dialogue and building confidence

and trust between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including recent negotiations between

Foreign Ministers of both countries in the United States, and expressing hope that

dialogue will also result in improved situation on the ground, including through

facilitation of the safe and transparent movement of people and commerce along the

Lachin Corridor,

Alarmed by the incessant development of intolerable restrictions imposed on women in

Afghanistan, depriving them of all forms of freedom and opportunity to participate in

public and political life,

Recognizing the increase in hybrid warfare and cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure,

including public institutions, which increasingly convert cyberspace into a battlefield for

global conflict and negatively affect security infrastructures and democratic institutions,

Concerned with the continued practice by Belarus to instrumentalize illegal migration as

a hybrid tool against neighbouring countries,

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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

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Opposes and condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's unprovoked, illegal, and

unjustified full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, and demands that Russia

immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression and withdraw all its troops from

the entire territory of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the

city of Sevastopol;

Demands that Belarus immediately stops its facilitation of and support for Russia’s war

of aggression against Ukraine;

Calls on the Parliaments of the OSCE participating States to ensure continued political,

financial, humanitarian and military support to Ukraine in order to defend itself from

Russia’s aggression;

Calls on the Parliaments of the OSCE participating States to support the establishment

of a special international tribunal to bring all those responsible for Russia’s war of

aggression against Ukraine to account, as well as all other mechanisms of accountability

for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russia in Ukraine;

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Welcomes the establishment of the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine officially

launched in November 2022 following the closure of the Office of the OSCE Project Co-

ordinator in Ukraine, and recognizes the considerable responsiveness and flexibility

demonstrated by the OSCE and donors;

Supports the North Macedonia OSCE Chairpersonship’s focus on putting an end to the

war in Ukraine as the top priority for the whole OSCE network and prioritizing the people

as the first beneficiaries of all OSCE actions;

Calls on the OSCE participating States and executive structures to define a strategy on

how to overcome challenges posed by the destructive behavior by the aggressor states

for the OSCE and its activities in the future and to conduct a critical assessment on the

OSCE Conflict Cycle toolbox and to propose concrete suggestions for its strengthening

to ensure effective prevention of wars of aggression and other conflicts in the future;

Calls for the immediate end of nuclear threat escalation fueled by the Russian

Federation’s war against Ukraine, and encourages all participating states to sign and

ratify the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as well as to redouble

international dialogue and agreements to advance nuclear disarmament;

Urges the participating States to put an immediate end to all forms of cyber aggression

undermining national sovereignty, including denial of service attacks, hacker attacks,

dissemination of disinformation and state-sponsored propaganda, and to further develop

cyber capabilities through regional cyber security co-operation embedded in the

multistakeholder approach promoted by the Confidence-Building Measures 14 of the

OSCE and the Informal Working Group established by the Permanent Council Decision

No. 1039;

Calls on OSCE executive structures to increase their engagement in addressing various

hybrid threats, including the threats of disinformation and foreign information

manipulation interference;

Calls on the OSCE executive structures to pay greater attention to the continued practice

by Belarus to instrumentalize illegal migration as a hybrid tool against neighbouring

countries;

Welcomes the efforts to promote the Women, Peace and Security agenda, in line with

UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and calls on all participating States and the OSCE

network to ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all phases of

the conflict cycle through national action plans and the inclusion of a gender perspective

in the response to conflicts, including Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

Commends and highly supports further development of the OSCE PA Women's

Network, which represents a fundamental space to increase women's political

participation and empowerment not only within the Assembly, but also in the OSCE

region as a whole;

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Urges OSCE participating States to advance in implementation of Youth, Peace and

Security agenda and adoption of National Action Plans in line with UN Security Council

Resolution 2250, and reiterates its call to adopt OSCE Youth Strategy and Action Plan;

Emphasizes the importance of the challenges of border security in the Central Asian

region, prompted by developments in Afghanistan in recent years and the resulting

transnational threats, including illicit trafficking in arms and narcotics, requiring

enhanced communication and intelligence sharing among neighboring states and with the

international community;

Urges the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian military forces from the

occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia in line with

the European Union-mediated ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008, and stresses the

need to continue diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in the Georgian regions of

Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, in full respect of Georgia’s

independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity;

Welcomes the efforts of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on

Countering Terrorism to provide a distinct parliamentary contribution on preventing and

combating terrorism and violent extremism;

Congratulates the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on its election as Chair of the first Co-

ordination Mechanism among parliamentary assemblies on Counter-Terrorism, which

provides an incredible opportunity to co-ordinate efforts on counter-terrorism work

among parliamentary assemblies around the world, thus expanding the Ad Hoc

Committee on Countering Terrorism’s scope of action far beyond the OSCE region;

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In the field of the OSCE and its institutional sustainability:

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Recognizing that the OSCE maintains an important space in the European security

architecture, and that participating States benefit from a critical set of political

commitments that contribute to European security;

Recalling previous OSCE Parliamentary Assembly recommendations on reforming and

strengthening the OSCE, including those adopted in St. Petersburg (1999), Paris (2001),

Edinburgh (2004), Kyiv (2007), Astana (2008), Vilnius (2009), and Helsinki (2015);

Considering that the lack of regular high-level political engagement with the OSCE and

its tools has diminished the capacity of the Organization to deliver on its promise;

Extremely concerned by increased attempts to misuse the OSCE consensus rule to block

the functionality of the Organization and the adoption of its Unified Budget, and to

obstruct the work of the OSCE’s Institutions and force closure of field operations;

Applauding the tremendous work of the OSCE Institutions and field operations in these

difficult times, which despite all the challenges regularly create and implement tools to

turn words into actions, while being responsive to the multiple crises affecting our region;

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Noting with great concern that agreement has not been reached on a Chairpersonship to

lead the OSCE in 2024, which has the potential to leave the organization without political

leadership at an extremely vulnerable period;

Further noting that the mandates of all Heads of OSCE Executive Institutions are set to

expire in December 2023, potentially leaving the OSCE’s individual institutions without

leadership;

Extremely concerned that the OSCE is facing an existential crisis, exacerbated by the

politicized withholding of financial resources and a systematic misuse of the consensus

rule, and stresses that this requires urgent high-level political engagement;

Calls for all our OSCE participating States to join consensus and support full funding of

the OSCE, including its Institutions and field operations, and to reverse policies such as

zero-nominal growth that have diminished the capacity of the Organization and inhibit

long-term planning of activities and partnerships;

Calls upon the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, if agreement has not been reached by 5 July

2023, to immediately convene an emergency meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

with the exclusive intention to consider and address the following three issues:

a. The adoption of a unified budget,

b. The agreement on a Chair-in-Office for 2024,

c. The (re)-appointment of the OSCE Secretary General, the High Commissioner on

National Minorities, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions

and Human Rights and the Representative on Freedom of the Media;

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Deplores steps taken to weaken and limit the mandates of OSCE field operations, and

calls for the extension in good faith of all OSCE field operations, including the OSCE

Mission to Moldova, for not less than one year in line with OSCE Ministerial Council

decision 18/06 on Further Strengthening the Effectiveness of OSCE Executive

Structures;

Demands that the Russian Federation immediately and unconditionally release all OSCE

staff members detained by their forces and proxies in the occupied areas of Ukraine;

Recognizes the value, particularly at a time of geopolitical instability, of reinforcing and

making full use of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, and calls upon

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the Russian Federation, and Slovak Republic to ratify the

1992 Stockholm Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the CSCE, and

further calls upon Andorra, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Holy See,

Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain,

Türkiye, Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to accede

to the Stockholm Convention to give all OSCE participating States the possibility to

make use of this important OSCE tool for the peaceful settlement of disputes;

Reiterates the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s commitment to the OSCE as a valuable

and cost-effective security organization and recommits to contributing to the

development of the institutional structures of the OSCE.

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GENERAL COMMITTEE ON

POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY

PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the DRAFT RESOLUTION

STRENGTHENING REGIONAL SECURITY BY FOSTERING DEMOCRATIC

AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES: THE ROLE OF THE OSCE PA

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