On 25 July 2024, staff of the CSTO Secretariat met with graduates of Central Asian universities in the fields of “International relations” and “Regional studies” who are participating in the International School of Diplomacy and are in Moscow at the invitation of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization ‘National Research Institute for the Development of Communications’ and the Centre for International Strategic Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Allow me to thank the Russian presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the invitation to take part in the debate on the interaction between the United Nations and regional organizations - the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO.
I highly appreciate my participation in the meeting of the main body of the World Organization responsible for maintaining global peace and international security. I am convinced that today's debate will contribute to the development of new, additional mechanisms for United Nations cooperation with the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO - the leading regional organizations operating in the Eurasian security space.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the debate on “UN cooperation with regional organizations: the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO” held on 19 July 2024 at the UN Security Council.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General, told BELTA news agency correspondent whether the CSTO sought to become a counterweight to NATO, the situation in the East European region of collective security, the role of Belarus in the organization, and what initiative of the President of Belarus had become important and timely for the CSTO.
Commentary of the CSTO Secretariat on a number of media reports on the legal grounds for peacekeeping operations by the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Collective Peacekeeping Forces
02.02.2023
The CSTO peacekeeping operations are regulated by the Agreement on the CSTO Peacekeeping Activities of 6 October 2007.
In accordance with Article 3 of the aforementioned Agreement, a decision on a peacekeeping operation in the territory of one of the CSTO member states is taken by the CSTO Collective Security Council on the basis of a corresponding official request of that state, with immediate notification of the UN SC. A decision on a CSTO peacekeeping operation in the territory of a non-CSTO member state is taken on the basis of a UN SC decision.
The Protocol of September 16, 2021, on amendments to the above-mentioned Agreement, providing for the procedure of determining a coordinating state for interaction with the UN on behalf of the CSTO in peacekeeping, is under ratification (ratified by the Republic of Belarus, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan).
If proposals to change the legal basis for the use of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are received, they will be agreed upon with the member states.
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