Supplementary document
to give effect to certain provisions contained in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe
Procedures and organizational modalities relating to certain provisions contained in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, signed in Paris on 21 November 1990, are set out below.
A. The Council
I.
Institutional arrangements
1. The Council, consisting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating States, provides the central forum for regular political consultations within the CSCE process.
2. The Council will:
– consider issues relevant to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe and take
appropriate decisions;
prepare the meetings of Heads of State or Government of the participating States and implement tasks defined and decisions taken by these meetings.
3.
The Council will hold meetings regularly and at least once a year.
4.
The participating States may agree to hold additional meetings of the Council.
5. The Chair throughout each meeting of the Council will be taken by the representative of the host country.
on a basis of
6. An agenda for the meetings of the Council, including proposals for the venue- rotation—and date of the next meeting, will be prepared by the Committee of Senior Officials.
B. The Committee of Senior Officials
1. A Committee of Senior Officials will prepare the work of the Council, carry out its decisions, review current issues and consider future work of the CSCE including its relations with other international fora.
2. In order to prepare the agenda of the meetings of the Council, the Committee will identify the issues for discussion on the basis of suggestions submitted by the participating States. The Committee will finalize a draft agenda shortly before the meeting of the Council.
3. Each participating State will establish a point of contact which will be used to transmit suggestions for the work of the Committee to the Secretariat for collection and circulation and to facilitate communication between the Secretariat and each participating State.
4. Each meeting of the Committee will be chaired by a representative of the State whose Foreign Minister had been Chairman at the preceding Council meeting. Meetings will be convened by the Chairman of the Committee after consultation with the participating States.
Meetings of the Committee will be held at the seat of the Secretariat and will not exceed two days, unless otherwise agreed. Meetings immediately preceding a meeting of the Council will be held at the venue of the Council meeting.
5. Due to practical considerations, the first meeting of the Committee will be held in Vienna from 28 to 29 January 1991. It will be chaired by the representative of Yugoslavia.
C. Emergency Mechanism
The Council will discuss the possibility of establishing a mechanism for convening meetings of the Committee of Senior Officials in emergency situations.
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