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1. “I hope that today's meeting of the Security Council will lend new and significant impetus to the further strengthening of cooperation between the OSCE and the Council, and that it has made a worthy contribution to the noble objective of strengthening security and mutual understanding in that huge geographical area.”

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2. “I thank you, Sir, for your kind words concerning my country and for your faith in the success of Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I am especially grateful for the support voiced by all members of the Security Council for the proposal 16 made by President Nazarbayev, as Head of the State chairing the OSCE this year, to convene a summit of our organization. I thank all speakers for their kind support, in-depth analysis of the situation in our zone of common responsibility, and support for the priorities of Kazakhstan's chairmanship-in-office of the OSCE.”

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3. “Unfortunately, as President Nursultan Nazarbayev has noted, the positive historical resources of the OSCE have their limits. Today, it is simply not possible to endlessly draw so-called red lines and play zero-sum games. First and foremost, there is a need to improve the effectiveness of international organizations to meet new global challenges. In the light of new threats and challenges, our common objective is to make the OSCE even more relevant, useful and effective. In that regard, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's vision for Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the OSCE is most appropriate. He advocates the four Ts of trust, traditions, transparency and tolerance. The focus of our chairmanship-in-office is to improve interaction and complementarity between the OSCE and the United Nations in various fields.”

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4. “We are convinced that the convening of the summit fully responds to the noble objective and ongoing efforts of the international community as a whole to ensure comprehensive, indivisible and lasting security at the global level and to strengthen trust and cooperation among States. I take this opportunity afforded to me today as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE to appeal to the members of the Security Council to demonstrate strategic far-sightedness and political leadership in supporting the convening of the summit, which would open up a new era in the development of one of today's major regional organizations. In conclusion, I note that, over the 35 years of our existence, the OSCE has established an unparalleled system of collective, comprehensive and indivisible security.”

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5. “Concrete recommendations for the summit have been put forward in the documents of the Athens ministerial meetings and endorsed by the Permanent Council in Vienna. Leaders from a variety of States 4 including France, the Holy See, Italy, Turkey, the Russian Federation and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Spain - have both backed that proposal and become actively involved in the preparations for the summit. This year, Kazakhstan also intends to continue the sound tradition established by our predecessor Greece of inviting ministers for foreign affairs from OSCE participating States to an informal meeting at Almaty to continue our free exchange of views on topical issues and, ideally, to achieve consensus on the agenda and date for the summit.”

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6. “Despite long-standing efforts, Afghanistan continues to be a source of international terrorism and a main supplier of illicit narcotics. Not only have protracted conflicts not been resolved, but, regrettably, new ones have emerged. All of us have witnessed the most serious financial crisis to affect the world. Even in the prosperous countries of Europe, inter-ethnic and inter-faith tolerance has declined. All of these issues are within the scope of the OSCE's area of responsibility. These acute problems require the concerted attention of the leaders of the OSCE's participating States. It is for that reason that President Nursultan Nazarbayev has proposed holding an OSCE summit in 2010.”

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7. “Kazakhstan's chairmanship in 2010 will coincide with a number of important dates, including the thirty- fifth anniversary of the conclusion of the Helsinki Final Act, the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the twentieth anniversary of both the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and the Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension. It will also mark 11 years since the holding of the last OSCE summit, in Istanbul. Regrettably, the first decade of this new century has not made our world a safer or better place. The tragedy of 11 September 2001 changed our common understanding of war. International terrorism has presented the world with an enemy without address or citizenship. The security architecture of Europe has changed.”

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8. “Over the past two years, the OSCE has shared its experience with the African Union, the League of the Arab States and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia of the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In the coming months, our organization will continue its active dialogue with its Asian and Mediterranean partners for cooperation, including Japan, which currently has a seat in the Security Council. In 2009, the OSCE welcomed Australia as its twelfth partner for cooperation, reflecting the organization's intention to broaden dialogue with partners beyond its area of responsibility in order to maintain international peace and security.”

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9. “In the context of human rights and fundamental freedoms, it is imperative to ensure effective synergy between OSCE activities and the work of other international organizations - first and foremost the United Nations, the Human Rights Council and the Council of Europe - and their extensive system of international legal instruments. In particular, the OSCE expects close cooperation with the relevant structures of the United Nations system on issues pertaining to gender equality and the rule of law. Finally, as a regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the OSCE continues to be a source of experience for other regional organizations.”

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10. “Drawing on our highly positive experience in ensuring lasting peace and understanding in our country, which includes more than 140 nationalities professing 46 faiths, Kazakhstan intends to make tolerance and intercultural dialogue a top priority of our chairmanship. That will be the central topic of the OSCE high-level conference on tolerance and discrimination, which is scheduled to be held in Astana from 29 to 30 June 2010. That issue is especially topical in the light of the declaration of the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.”

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11. “There is potential for cooperation between the OSCE and the United Nations in the important new area of energy security. In Athens, OSCE participating States agreed to intensify dialogue on energy security issues, including consultations with relevant international and regional organizations in order to define a complementary role for the OSCE. We intend to continue to attach great importance to the third basket of the OSCE's agenda - the human dimension. Respect for and the protection of people's fundamental rights and freedoms, the development of democracy and combating all types of intolerance and discrimination are all integral parts of comprehensive security.”

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12. “As its current Chairman-in-Office, Kazakhstan will also attach great importance to the development of the OSCE's economic and environmental dimension, while emphasizing the achievement of modest yet tangible results and adding genuine value. In the framework of the second basket, we intend to focus on the development of the Eurasian region's transit- transport potential and continental transport corridors, which, we are convinced, will contribute to efforts by participating States to overcome the global crisis. The issue of environmental security in the OSCE region is extremely important. In that regard, the tragedy of the Aral Sea poses a critical challenge. In that context, our efforts will focus on close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.”

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13. “This year, we will begin implementing a Kazakh-Afghan agreement that provides for the training of 1,000 Afghan professionals at Kazakhstan's educational establishments. Despite the repercussions of the global financial crisis, Kazakhstan has allocated $50 million for that purpose. In general, Kazakhstan intends to fully use the capabilities and the potential of the OSCE. Close interaction between our organization and the United Nations, which is the main coordinator of international operations in Afghanistan, is in our common interests. All OSCE initiatives will be implemented in full coordination with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and other entities.”

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14. “The time has come for a major expansion of the human dimension of our common efforts, as confirmed by the outcomes of the London Conference on Afghanistan. That is why Kazakhstan has allocated, over the past several years, $4 million towards the reconstruction of schools, hospitals and roads; provided substantial food and other humanitarian assistance; and made a $l-million contribution to a special Islamic solidarity fund, part of which will be used for Afghanistan's rehabilitation. We are also ready to provide wheat, mineral fertilizers, agricultural equipment, construction material and other goods. In this regard, we call on international donors to use Kazakhstan's significant potential in this regard. The training of national personnel is essential to the rehabilitation of Afghanistan and its future.”

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15. “We plan to focus the organization's efforts on a better protection of Afghanistan's borders with its Central Asian neighbours, including through the training of Afghan personnel at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Tajikistan and the OSCE State Customs Service Training Centre in Kyrgyzstan. Throughout these years, our country has actively supported the International Security Assistance Force. On 29 December 2009, we signed an agreement on land transit of NATO cargo. Such agreements have been signed with Spain, Germany, the United States and France. At the same time, Kazakhstan is convinced that it is impossible to ensure that country's transition to a peaceful and constructive life through military means alone.”

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16. “We believe that a more efficient use of capabilities of such organizations as the OSCE would help the United Nations and its Security Council to more effectively prevent potential security threats and respond to them. The OSCE and other regional intergovernmental organizations, with their unique 3 resources and advantages and good understanding of the situation on the ground, play an important role in the security area. This point was highlighted at the thematic debate of the Security Council in January under the Chinese presidency, which produced a fruitful exchange of views on advancing cooperation of the United Nations with regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of global peace and security. A top priority for the Chairman-in-Office is, of course, further involvement of the OSCE in the stabilization of Afghanistan.”

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17. “The OSCE commends the outcomes of the regional conference of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, held in Sarajevo on 14 December 2009, which adopted the Regional Strategy of Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation in South-Eastern Europe. The strengthening of coordination between the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and OSCE field presence seems to be a promising area of interaction in the Central Asian region. Overall, the monitoring and identification of any signals or portents of the potential escalation of protracted conflicts, as well as the use of preventive mechanisms of political consultations in the OSCE framework, will become a key tool during our chairmanship.”

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18. “That will be the purpose of my visit, in my capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office, to the southern Caucasus, scheduled for 15 February, where the OSCE and the United Nations, together with the European Union, will co-chair the Geneva talks. Further close coordination among all three parties is of great importance to efforts to promote stability in the conflicts in the southern Caucasus and in the establishment of conditions conducive to their peaceful settlement. In Kosovo, in the course of 2010, the OSCE mission will continue to implement its mandate as an integral part of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, pursuant to resolution 1244 (1999).”

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19. “The OSCE will continue to promote among its participating States the ratification of relevant United Nations conventions and the implementation of Security Council resolutions, such as those on combating terrorism, the non-proliferation 10-23090 of weapons of mass destruction, and small arms and light weapons. Kazakhstan will make an effort to contribute, to the best of its abilities, to the resolution of protracted conflicts, three of which are in the post-Soviet area. Given the history and cultural affinities shared among Kazakhstan and all the parties to the conflicts, as well as the high standing and trust enjoyed by President Nazarbayev within the Commonwealth of Independent States, we hope to lend some impetus to the efforts of all our partners involved in that complex process.”

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20. “At the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens, the participating States agreed to deepen cooperation in combating terrorism, the accumulation and proliferation of small arms and light weapons, illegal migration, and trafficking in weapons, drugs and people. The OSCE is ready to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations on those tracks and to identify new ways to increase added value. The upcoming conference on the prevention of terrorism, to be held in Astana in October, will be a tangible contribution to the efforts to address transnational threats and challenges, including terrorism, religious extremism, illicit drug trafficking and organized crime.”

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21. “We commend the outcomes of the Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament held in September, which unanimously adopted resolution 1887 (2009). As the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, we welcome the talks between the Russian Federation and the United States on a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. We express our hope for a successful global nuclear security summit and this year's Review Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We reaffirm the OSCE's commitment to preserving the European regime of conventional arms control and confidence- and security-building measures. It is our hope that, in 2010, there will be progress towards the entry into force of the Agreement on the Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.”

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22. “In this context, we agree that there is a need to discuss the Russian Federation's initiative regarding a treaty on European security. 10-23090 The OSCE should become a meaningful platform for common security in its zone of responsibility. A relevant dialogue will provide us with an opportunity to strengthen the OSCE's relations with the United Nations, in accordance with the 1999 Platform for Cooperative Security. We count on the contribution of the United Nations and its structures to this process. Kazakhstan, as a recognized leader in the worldwide process of non-proliferation, will seek to increase the OSCE's contribution to achieving the goals of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).”

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23. “During our chairmanship, we are determined to promote a balance between all three OSCE baskets - political and military, economic and environmental, and human - which will help to address not only the symptoms but also the causes of security-related problems. To a great extent, the implementation of our priorities will depend on our ability to overcome the unfortunate crisis of trust created by the dividing lines and vestiges of the cold war that still exist in the OSCE area. In this regard, we attach high hopes to the continuation of the Corfu process, which has revealed general dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs in the organization's zone of responsibility. We intend to strengthen the role of the OSCE in the European security architecture.”

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24. “In his address to a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 14 January 2010, President Nazarbayev outlined the strategy and priorities of Kazakhstan's chairmanship-in-office of the OSCE. Above all, we will be firmly wedded to the fundamental principles and values of the OSCE. The current chairmanship sees its main task as promoting full compliance with the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act. We also intend to work to strengthen the OSCE in every possible way and to enhance its effectiveness and its ability to respond adequately to emerging challenges and threats.”

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25. “The unanimous decision of all 56 OSCE participating States to nominate the Republic of Kazakhstan to their chairmanship was an objective acknowledgement of the impressive accomplishments of our people, in the short span of our independence, in the social, economic and political development of our country under the outstanding leadership of our first President, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev. We further believe that their decision was no less important for the organization itself as it is now, for the first time, chaired by a Central Asian State and a post- Soviet Republic. Much of the current OSCE momentum stems from the emergence of the Asian sector. The OSCE has thus demonstrated its overall desire to bring the countries to the east and to the west of Vienna closer together and to adapt itself to present- day realities.”

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26. “It is a great pleasure for me to appear before the Council not only as the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, but also as the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I would like to thank the United Nations and its Security Council for their close ongoing attention to the activities of the OSCE. It is well known that the OSCE, with its 56 participating States, is the largest security structure in 2 the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions.”

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