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May 2013 Plenary Meetings of the Forum for Security Co-operation
719th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Presentation on the reorientation of the Bundeswehr by Admiral T. Kähler, Director of Security Policy, Ministry of Defence of Germany. International Conference on Military and Political Aspects of European Security, held in Moscow on 23 and 24 May 2013, and current activities of the Russian armed forces (Russian Federation, Annex).
718th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Presentations on arms control in Europe by Dr. H. Gärtner, Director of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, and on the role of arms control in the context of threats and challenges to European security by Dr. S. Galaka, Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Financial contribution to a small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunitions (SCA) project in Kyrgyzstan (United Kingdom, Annex 1; Kyrgyzstan, Annex 2).
717th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Prior to taking up the agenda, the Chairperson, Ireland-European Union and the United States of America offered condolences to Turkey in connection with the bombing that took place in Reyhanli, Turkey, on 11 May 2013. The Chairperson also extended his condolences to the United States of America in connection with the shooting that happened during a Mother’s Day parade held in New Orleans, United States of America, on 12 May 2013. He furthermore offered his condolences to Georgia on the deaths of three Georgian soldiers in the attack of 13 May 2013 on a Georgian base in southern Afghanistan. Turkey, Georgia and the United States of America thanked the Chairperson and the participating States for this expression of sympathy. Presentation on strengthening the implementation of UNSCR 1540 and the role of regional organizations by H.E. Ambassador Kim Sook, Chair of the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). Briefing on recent military exercises in the Russian Federation (Russian Federation, Annex).
716th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Presentation on implementing UNSCR 1325 and lessons learned by the United States’ Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), given by Mr. M. Larmas Smith, Program Director, GPOI, for the US Department of State. Financial contribution to the project “Enhancing National Humanitarian Demining Capacities” of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan (Luxembourg, Annex 1). Reply by the Russian Federation to the Questionnaire on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security (Moldova, Annex 2). Forum for Security Co-operation Decision No. 3/13 on the agenda, timetable and modalities for the second Annual Discussion on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security