Structure:

• Political Consultative Committee (general questions);

• United Head-Quarter commanded by Military Forces.

In 1969 Committee of the Defense Ministers was formed. In 1976 Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Secretariat were formed.

On July 1, 1991, State-members signed Protocol about ceasation of Warsaw Treaty about Peace, Cooperation and Mutual Aid and other Acts.

Glossary

Mutual	взаимный	өзара
Head-Quarter	командование	Командование
Observer	наблюдатель	Бақылаушы
Agreement	согласование	Келісілген,ризаласқан

Tasks for IWS: Prepare information “NATO and Warsaw Treaty”.

Task for IWS under a teacher’s control: Write a short report: “Role of the USSR in the Warsaw Treaty”.

Home tasks: Explain, what is Integration and Division of Labor?.

List of the reference on the theme

1. Договоры, учреждающие Европейские Сообщества-М., 1994, с.145-187

2. Единая Европа: идея и практика – М.,1994, с.215-143

3. Улахович В. Международные организации. Справочное пособие. Москва. Минск, 2005, с.192-196

Lecture 21

Theme of the lecture: International Organizations on the Post Soviet area

The objective of the lecture. Students should know main aims, activity, structure, and perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent states.

Outline of the lecture

1. CIS foundation.

2. Structure of the CIS.

The brief content of the lecture

1. CIS was formed in 1991 as regional Union of former Soviet Republics. On December 8, 1991 Heads of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine signed agreement about foundation of the CIS in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. On December 21, 1991 11 sovereignty states signed Protocol about foundation of the CIS in Almaty. In 1993 Georgia joined to the CIS. In 1992-1993 basic documents of the CIS were adopted. Charter of the CIS was adopted on January 22, 1993 in Minsk, where aims, principles of collective security, military-political cooperation, prevention of conflicts, economy, social and legal cooperation, inter parliament connections, membership, equality of members and so on.

On September 24, 1993 Heads of 9 states of the CIS signed Treaty about foundation of the Economic Union. Georgia and Turkmenia joined in December 1993, Ukraine on April 15, 1994 as an associate member. On March 29, 1996 Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russian Federation signed Treaty about integration in economic and humanitarian spheres.

2. Structure of the CIS:

Council of State Heads is a High Body of the CIS. It adopts principle decisions, foundation or dissolution organs of Commonwealth, assignment of Heads. Council meets twice in year.

Council of Government Heads realizes political decisions, adopted by Council of State Heads, and coordinates of military-economic activity.

Inter Parliament Assembly (IPA) was formed on March 27, 1992. Assembly was formed as a Consultative Institute for discussion and consideration of mutual interest projects. In 1993-1995 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova became members of the IPA. In 1999 Ukraine joined to the IPA. On May 26, 1995 Convention about IPA was signed. Main objective of it is harmonization of Legal Acts of the CIS states. Activity of the IPA organizes by Assembly Council, which meets four times in year.

Secretariat of the IPA fulfils current work of the IPA and situates in Saint-Petersburg.

10 Permanent Commissions act next functions:

- legal;

- economy and finance;

- social policy and human rights;

- ecology and natural resources;

- defense and security;

- science and education;

- culture;

- information, tourism, and sport;

- foreign policy;

- investigation experience of state building and local self ruling;

- control-budget commission.

Interstate Economy Commission is a main Executive organ, which provides fulfillment of agreement, in the framework of the CIS, decisions of the State Heads Council, and State Government Heads Council.

Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs was formed in 1993 for coordination of foreign policy activity.

Council of Defense Ministers was formed in 1992.

Economy Court of the CIS was formed in 1992 for provision accounts between economical organizations.

In March 1994 CIS took a statute of the UNO observers. The same status was given by the UNCTAD.

Executive Council is situated in Minsk.

Interstate Economic Committee in Moscow.

Inter parliamentary Assembly in Saint Petersburg.

Glossary

Economical	хозяйственный	Шаруашылық
Accounts	расчеты	Есеп,есептеу
dissolution	роспуск	Тарқату,тарату
fulfill	выполнение	Орындау,орындалу

Tasks for IWS: Prepare information “Structure of the CIS”.

Task for IWS under a teacher’s control: Write a short report: “Perspectives or non perspectives of the CIS”.

Home tasks: Explain, why the CIS was formed?.

List of the reference on the theme

1. Договоры, учреждающие Европейские Сообщества-М., 1994, с.201-205

2. Единая Европа: идея и практика – М., 1994, с.289-292

3. Улахович В. Международные организации. Справочное пособие. Москва. Минск, 2005, с.196-200

Lecture 22

Theme of the lecture: International Organizations on the Post Soviet area

The objective of the lecture. Students should know main aims, activity, structure, and perspectives of the Post Soviet Area Organizations.

Outline of the lecture

1. GUUAM

2. Eurasian Economic Community

The brief content of the lecture

1. GUUAM is a regional Union of Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova. GUAM (firstly 4 states) was formed on October 10, 1997 in Strasburg by Summit of Council of Europe. On April 10, 1999 meeting of Presidents of the GUAM and Uzbekistan was held in the framework of Council of Euro Atlantic partnership of the NATO in Washington. Washington Declaration was adopted about GUUAM formation.

On November 6, 2000 mee3ting of the GUUAM presidents was held in New York in the framework of 55 th session of General Assembly of the UNO, where New York Memorandum was adopted, which defined main objectives of the Organization: formation conditions for inter branch contacts and direct connections between state organs of the GUUAM. Functioning of transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia and development of infrastructure was priority aim of this organization.

I Summit of the GUUAM Presidents was held in Yalta, on June 7, 2001,.Charter was adopted, which defined objectives, principles and directions of cooperation state-members.

II Summit was held on July 20, 2002. 10 states took part in it as guests: Bulgaria, Brazil, Greece, Iran, Poland, Russia, Rumania, Slovenia, USA, and Turkey. International Organizations: OCSE, UNO, CE also. State-members signed Protocol about cooperation in culture on 2002-2005, agreement about foundation of business.

III Summit was held in Yalta in 2003. Problems of cooperation in energetic and transport were discussed.

Structure of the GUUAM:

• Meeting of State Heads is a High Body of GUUAM;

• Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs is an Executive Organ;

• Committee of National Coordinators is a Working Body.

2. On October 10, 2000 Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan signed Treaty about foundation of Eurasian Economic Community in Astana. It was continuation of Treaty between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan , signed in 1995 about Custom Union. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan joined later and concluded Treaty about Custom Union and Unique Economic Area in 1999.

Eurasian Economic Community is an International Economic Organization, formed common external borders, elaborated unique foreign economic policy, tariffs, prices and so on. EAEC is an open organization. Any state can be a member of organization. In 2003 UNO offered to the EAEC a status of International Organization and observer.

Aims of the EAEC are:

• formation of free trade regime;

• formation of unique custom tariff;

• establishment of general rules of trade by goods and services;

• introduction of unificated order of currency regulation and currency control;

• elaboration and realization joint programs of social-economic development;

• formation of equal conditions for economic and enterprise activity;

• formation of common energetic market;

• giving of equal rights in receiving of education and medical aid;

• rapproachment and harmonization of national legislation.