DECISION OF COMMONWEALTHS OF INDEPENDENT STATES COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS

of October 8, 2009

About Information on activities of Council for humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS

Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States solved:

1. Take into consideration Information on activities of Council for humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS it (is applied).

2. Note active and productive work of this Council for development of humanitarian cooperation on space of the CIS, including by enhancement of mechanisms and forms of interaction, support of initiatives of the public of the Commonwealth countries and demanded projects in different spheres of humanitarian activities.

3. To council on humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS to activate coordination of multilateral interaction in the humanitarian sphere, to assist the interested ministries and departments in implementation of the Plan of priority actions in the field of humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS for 2009-2010, having paid special attention to projects on subject of Year of youth (2009) and Years of science and innovations in the CIS (2010), to preparation and holding forums of the creative and scientific intellectuals of gosudarstvuchastnik of the CIS, realization of the humanitarian affairs devoted to the 65th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

4. Consider expedient carrying out in the Commonwealth of Independent States on regular basis of actions within the years devoted to humanitarian subject, development and realization of two-year interstate priority actions in the field of humanitarian cooperation with the assistance of Council for humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS and Interstate fund of humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS.

Information on activities of Council for humanitarian state cooperation - members of the CIS

1. Creation of Council for the humanitarian state cooperation-members of the CIS (SCMC) is provided by the Agreement on humanitarian cooperation signed at meeting of Council of heads of states in Kazan on August 26, 2005. In development of this basic document at the Minsk summit of the Commonwealth on November 28, 2006 by eight states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) signed the Agreement on Council for humanitarian cooperation in which its main objectives and functions are enshrined. Among them - coordination of multilateral interaction in the field of culture, educations, sciences, archiving, information and mass communications, sport, tourism and work with youth; consideration of conceptual and practical questions; determination of the priority directions and forms of cooperation; preparation of two-year plans of priority interstate actions in the field of humanitarian cooperation.

SGS takes active part in practical implementation of the Concept of further development of the CIS and the Plan of the main actions for its realization and other key interstate documents in the field of humanitarian cooperation.

The special advisor to the president of the Russian Federation, his special representative concerning humanitarian cooperation with the State Parties of the CIS D. R. Pollyeva is elected the chairman of the board (the third time in a row).

2. SGS works in close coordination with Interstate fund of humanitarian cooperation, the State Parties of the CIS (MFGS) which will approve plans of the work with Council. Representatives of all member countries of the Agreement on SGS are delegated to structure of Council. In June, 2008 Fonda joined the Agreement on creation Azerbaijan, the possibility of the accession to Fund is considered by the Moldavian side. Members of SGS from Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan at the same time are representatives of the countries in Board of MFGS.

SGS renders assistance of MFGS in development and realization of its strategy, accomplishment of function of analytical center and the catalyst of humanitarian cooperation by it on space of the CIS (taking into account experience, practice and standards of the authoritative interstate organizations and, first of all, UNESCO), and also in the solution of organizational and financial questions of activities of Fund.

On the matters D. R. Pollyeva made a speech on May 25, 2007 at meeting of Council of CIS Heads of Government. On it decisions on financial provision of bodies of MFGS were made.

Today eight meetings of SGS (the first - in March, 2007 in Astana), from them seven together with Board of MFGS took place. Such practice completely is repaid, promoting more effective coordination of efforts, rational planning and use of organizational and financial opportunities of both structures for the benefit of development of humanitarian interaction in the Commonwealth.

3. With assistance of SGS and MFGS in 2007-2009 more than 100 demanded humanitarian projects are realized. The largest annual action is the Forum of the creative and scientific intellectuals of the State Parties of the CIS which became already traditional. The Forumavtoritetny humanitarian platform for development of the decisions and practical recommendations of the intellectuals aimed at development of bonds, exchanges and cooperation in different areas of humanitarian activities.

The first Forum took place in Moscow (2006), the second - in Astana (2007), third - in Dushanbe (2008). The IV Forum took place in Chisinau on September 24-25, 2009 and was devoted to youth subject. Within the Forum offers were prepared for the Strategy of the international youth state cooperation - members of the CIS (for submitting for examination by Council of CIS Heads of Government in 2010). The offer of the Russian side on holding the V (anniversary) Forum in Moscow in the second half of 2010 is supported (within the Russian presidency in the CIS).

4. At the initiative of SGS, MFGS, forums of the intellectuals and youth of the CIS countries there is traditional practice of carrying out in the CIS years on humanitarian subject. Such approach allows to prepare beforehand and to effectively realize demanded joint projects and actions in the field of humanitarian interaction.

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