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Holland Times (Нидерланды), Kazakhstan’s President welcomes decision to hold OSCE Summit in December in Astana
Holland Times (Нидерланды), Towards the ‘Spirit of Astana’ 1–2 December 2010 in Astana, Kazakhstan
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Holland Times (Нидерланды), Kazakhstan’s President welcomes decision to hold OSCE Summit in December in Astana


ASTANA, 5 August 2010 — Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, OSCE Chairmanship in 2010 today welcomed the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to hold an OSCE Summit in Astana on 1 and 2 December 2010. He made the following statement: “On 3 August of this year, the Ministerial Council of the OSCE participating States adopted a definitive decision on the holding of the Summit of this one of the largest international organizations in Astana on 1 and 2 December 2010. As you know, in my video address to the OSCE Permanent Council in January I identified the holding of a Summit as the main priority of the Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship.

The decision adopted is a sign of the high level of respect on the part of the international community for the successes achieved by the people of Kazakhstan during the years of independence. We also see in this great support for the efforts of our country as the holder of the post of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. As the country heading the Organization, Kazakhstan is actively promoting the view that today the ensuring of European security goes far beyond the continental framework. Consequently, today the international community is already using the notion of Euro Atlantic and Eurasian security. In assuming the Chairmanship of the OSCE, we declared our intention to strengthen the role of the Organization in countering new threats and challenges, primarily terrorism and drug trafficking. We have therefore promoted as one of the main priorities of the Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship the stepping up of efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution of the situation in Afghanistan. When we attempted to bring Central Asia’s security problems to the attention of our OSCE partners, nobody could have predicted the deep political crisis in Kyrgyzstan. The dramatic events in that country posed a real challenge to the stability of the wider region. This called for the adoption of effective measures by the OSCE, other international organizations and the world community as a whole. We set ourselves the goal of strengthening the role of the OSCE in the development of economic co operation and the resolution of environmental problems, especially the problem of the Aral Sea. should like to stress in particular that the decision on the holding of the OSCE

Summit in Astana represents a great achievement for the Organization itself in these difficult times. We now have to devise joint steps to deal with new and existing threats in all three dimensions in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian area. The Astana Summit should identify the strategic areas of work and road map for the OSCE’s development. I believe it is deeply symbolic that the adoption of the decision on the holding of the OSCE Summit in Astana coincided with a historic date. Thirty-five years ago, on 1 August 1975 the Helsinki Final Act was signed. I am convinced that a summit meeting will make it possible to adapt our Organization to the present-day realities. It will demonstrate to the international community the successful evolution of the OSCE ‘from Helsinki to Astana’. I should like to underscore in particular the significance of the forthcoming forum for Kazakhstan. The fact that one of the major political events in international life is to be held in Astana will not only increase the authority of our country in the world. The Astana Summit will also impart a fresh impetus to the socio-economic and democratic development of Kazakhstan and will further strengthen the unity and patriotism of the people of Kazakhstan. The holding of the OSCE Summit – the first international forum of this scale in the entire post-Soviet area – is not only a great honour but also a major responsibility. It is now important to ensure its preparation and conduct at a highly organized level. We have a unique chance to demonstrate the main values of our society – tolerance, respect for traditions, trust and mutual understanding.”

The decision, adopted by Foreign Ministers from the 56 OSCE participating

States through a silence procedure, which allows them to take decisions without meeting physically, came in the week following the 35th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, which created the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe – the OSCE’s predecessor. The decision also says that the Review Conference will be held in Warsaw, Vienna and Astana in September- November ahead of the Astana Summit, which will be the seventh in the Organization’s history. Previous summits were held 1975 in Helsinki, 1990 in Paris, 1992 in Helsinki, 1994 in Budapest, 1996 in Lisbon and 1999 in Istanbul.

Holland Times (Нидерланды), Towards the ‘Spirit of Astana’ 1–2 December 2010 in Astana, Kazakhstan


Few things the mankind knew 35 years ago remain relevant today. Cellular phones and the Internet have changed how we communicate. We have decoded the human genome, and we can carry the contents of entire libraries in small electronic devices. Yet some things have not changed. Despite the end of the Cold War, we still face security threats in several parts of the world. Prosperity and environmental security remain but a distant dream for many. Human rights, including the fundamental right to live, are a goal rather than a reality in many places. That is why the Helsinki Final Act, signed 35 years ago, is as relevant today as it was when it was agreed by the leaders of 35 countries who called for a future where co-operation would create and entrench security across Europe and beyond. The Act’s groundbreaking ideas of including human rights and economical and environmental concerns in a comprehensive security concept are commonly accepted. But acceptance has not always been translated into action, and this we must change, together. Signing of the Act – which laid the foundation for what today, is the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world’s largest regional security organization – was a breakthrough at the time of the frosty, blocagainst- bloc relations. More than 3,500 meetings were held before the historic signing took place on August 1, 1975, in Helsinki. It is obvious that the Helsinki Final Act is still relevant today. The innovative and comprehensive concept of security enshrined by world leaders 35 years ago remains fundamental. The same three dimensions of security – politico-military, economic and environmental – continue to define OSCE’s work. Yet, truly tectonic changes in the world over recent years call on the leaders of the now 56 OSCE participating states to search for adequate responses to new challenges and threats in the area of responsibility of our organization, stretching from Vancouver to Vladivostok. This is precisely why President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, which chairs the OSCE in 2010, has proposed to convene an OSCE summit. Now, through the commitment and wisdom of the leaders of the OSCE participating states, such a summit, the first one in 11 years, is slated to take place on December 1 and 2, 2010, in Astana. The Astana summit will consider the most urgent issues of OSCE activities in the new realities and elaborate responses to today’s challenges and threats so that, as President Nazarbayev said, we all could move from the concept of a security “space” from Vancouver to Vladivostok to a single Euro Atlantic and Eurasian security “community”. In such a community, respect for international law will be the only foundation of relations among the states, the use of force or threat will simply be impossible, and peoples will live in freedom and at peace with each other as envisioned by the leaders in Helsinki 35 years ago. In Astana, OSCE leaders will also reaffirm their support for and aspiration to uphold OSCE values and principles, including commitments to respect human rights, to hold democratic elections and to base relations between states and people on dialogue and openness. The search for resolution of protracted conflicts, such as those still simmering in Nagorno Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transdniestra, will be a focus, as will engagement with Afghanistan, an OSCE Partner for Co-operation. Kazakh diplomats continue intensive negotiations on the summit agenda with all OSCE participating states. In addition to the aforementioned topics, the summit’s substantive issues may well include updating the 1999 Vienna Document; transnational threats; the situation in Kyrgyzstan; an adjusted strategy for the OSCE economical and environmental “basket”; issues of tolerance and non-discrimination. We believe the summit will result in a new “spirit of Astana” that will naturally flow from the Helsinki Final Act in the new geopolitical realities. This will be a commendable way to mark the OSCE anniversary and mobilize it for new achievements in the 21st century. It is fitting that the first OSCE Summit to be held since the Istanbul Summit in 1999 will be held in Kazakhstan, the first Central Asian and first post-Soviet country to hold the OSCE chairmanship. Central Asia is key to security in the whole OSCE region and the OSCE is key to security in Central Asia. This was evident when our neighbour, Kyrgyzstan, faced unrest this spring and summer. The OSCE is helping the country in restoring the rule of law and public order, ensuring rights and freedoms of its citizens. A decision to deploy a Police Advisory Group that is set to monitor and advise Kyrgyzstan’s police is part of the OSCE’s concrete efforts. In addition, from the first days of the crisis, the OSCE has supported Kyrgyzstan through its Centre in Bishkek, and through work by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which deployed an observation mission to the constitutional referendum held in June and will observe the parliamentary elections scheduled for October. Back in April, the OSCE chairmanship helped defuse tensions by sending a special envoy, who worked together with UN and EU envoys to stabilize the situation.

It will take more efforts and much more time before Kyrgyzstan can put the past tumultuous months behind. Throughout it all, Kyrgyzstan can count on our common organization. The OSCE will be there to help in restoring trust and accord in Kyrgyzstan.

As the OSCE chairing country and a close neighbour, Kazakhstan is firmly committed to this position. This kind of serious outreach and engagement is what the OSCE founding fathers in Helsinki envisioned. And this is what their successors will work to strengthen at the OSCE Astana Summit. Kanat Saudabayev is Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

Kanat Saudabayev