Pan Armenian News
ARMENIA IS INTERESTED IN RAISING OSCE EFFICIENCY
15.09.2005 09:17
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 12-13 in Vienna the OSCE member-states held
discussions dedicated to the OSCE reformation. The Armenian delegation
headed by Deputy FM Armen Bayburdian took part in the discussions. The
member-states presented their position on the report on raising the OSCE
efficiency worked out by a group of 7 diplomats and political figures. The
report touches upon several principal issues such as OSCE legislation, legal
status of the organization, efficiency of the structures and OSCE field
missions. Armenia’s position was represented by Armen Bayburdian and
permanent representative of Armenia in the OSCE Jivan Taribian. Armenia is
interested in raising the efficiency, role and authority of the OSCE and
considers that preserving the standards and fulfilling the commitments to
the CoE it is essential to adapt the OSCE to the realities and challenges of
the 21-st century. Upon completion of the discussions it was decided to form
a working group, which will elaborate a package of proposals for presenting
them at the meeting of the OSCE FMs to be held this December in Ljubljana.