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.
The ratification procedure of documents on the Status of the CSTO Observer and Partner designation and the Protocols on amendments to the fundamental documents of the CSTO has been completed
20.01.2021The ratification procedure of four Protocols on amendments to the Collective Security Treaty document, the CSTO Charter and the Agreement on the Legal Status of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has been completed by all CSTO member states:
- The Second Protocol on Amendments to the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992;
- The Second Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on the Legal Status of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of October 7, 2002;
- The Second and the Third Protocols on Amendments to the CSTO Charter.
These documents were signed on November 8, 2018, in Astana (now - Nur-Sultan) and they provide, in particular, regulatory and legal changes regarding the composition of the Collective Security Council and the legal status of the CSTO Deputy Secretaries General.
In order to further develop cooperation with states that are not members of the Organization and international organizations, the Third Protocol on Amendments to the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization establishes the legal basis for granting the statuses of the Observer to the CSTO and the Partner of the Organization.
The protocols shall enter into force on January 19, 2021.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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