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.
Coordination meeting of the CSTO and the International Committee of the Red Cross will be held in Moscow
12.12.2019On December 17, 2019, the regular fifth High-level Coordination meeting between the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be held in Moscow.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, ICRC Director of the Office of Operations, Dominic Stilhart, responsible executives of the Secretariat and the Joint Staff of the CSTO, heads and staff of structural units of the ICRC headquarters in Geneva and the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Moldova are expected to participate in this meeting.
Based on the positive experience of previous meetings of this level, the CSTO and ICRC representatives intend to continue the course to further deepen the dialogue on humanitarian challenges in zones of armed conflict, create conditions for effective cooperation between the CSTO and the ICRC, as well as to disseminate modern practical and research experience in the field of implementation and the integration of international humanitarian law (IHL).
The agenda of the event is aimed at finding the most optimal forms and methods of response of the two international organizations to modern humanitarian challenges. During the meeting, the parties will exchange views on priorities, activities and humanitarian problem issues relevant to both organizations.
In particular, topics will be discussed on trends in contemporary conflicts, the protection of refugees migrating from zones of armed conflict, and others.
Accreditation of media representatives is before 16:00 of December 16, 2019. The meeting of media representatives will be on December 17, 2019 at 11.00 at the address: Kalanchevskaya str., 21 \ 40, hotel Hilton-Moscow-Leningradskaya, hall of the 1st floor.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov +7495-795-27-10 +7495-621-33-23-tel/fax
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Press Secretary of the ICRC regional delegation in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Moldova Galina Balzamova +7-495-626-54-26 +7-903-545-35-34
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