Minsk, GSP

Can Minsk 2.0 Save Ukraine?

The same address had earlier been approved by the Minsk City Executive Committee.

The authors' application referred to a housing block at 11 Pavlova Street in Minsk.

The OSCE Minsk Group Fact Finding Mission has officially presented its report to the OSCE Permanent Council.

The mechanism of the conflict settlement was established in 1994 as the OSCE Minsk Group co Chairs.

Mr. Marynich appealed this decision to the Minsk Prosecutor, who rejected the appeal on 20 August 2004.

The deterioration in Ukraine s position between the two ceasefire agreements Minsk I, negotiated last September, and Minsk II, completed in February shows the extent of Putin s success. But that success is temporary, and Ukraine is too valuable an ally for the EU to abandon.

Armenia appreciates the diligent, hard work of the Minsk Group co chairs and the members of the Mission.

On 7 September 2004, an appeal against the decision of the Central District of Minsk Court was rejected.

The Government of Belarus is cooperating productively with the Minsk Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

We call on Azerbaijan to acknowledge the results of the Mission and to continue negotiations within the Minsk Group framework.

Since 1992, the authors have actively participated in the Minsk Krishna community, which has been registered in accordance with law.

He was suspected of stealing office equipment lent by the United States Embassy in Minsk to the association Delovaya Initsiativa.

On 2 September 2004, the Central District of Minsk Court ruled to dismiss a motion for release by Mr. Marynich.

5.5 The State party notes that numerous violations of health and fire regulations were recorded at the Minsk Vaishnava community's premises.

At around 11.30 p.m. the same day, he was presented with a decision of the Minsk Public Prosecutor ordering his detention.

What if the Polish pilot had obeyed the Russian air traffic controller who tried to divert the plane to Moscow or Minsk?

2.1 The authors are members of the Minsk Vaishnava community (community of Krishna consciousness), one of seven such communities registered in Belarus.

On 29 October 2002, they filed a cassation appeal in the Minsk City Court the appeal was dismissed on 28 November 2002.

It found that the earlier decision of the Central Regional Administration of the City of Minsk to approve the legal address for the religious association was invalid, as it had been based on an earlier decision of the Minsk City Executive Committee, which, by virtue of another law, did not apply to the registration of religious organizations.

The representative of the Russian Federation said that the Security Council resolution in question had been adopted prior to the establishment of the Minsk Group.

On 30 May 2002, the authors filed an application in the Central Court of Minsk seeking an order to direct the C.R.N. to determine their application.

At present, three permanent members of the Security Council the United States of America, France and the Russian Federation are the OSCE Minsk Group co Chairs.

It was reported that on or immediately before 18 April 2004, unknown persons broke into Mr. Marynich's country cottage in the village of Zatsen, Minsk region.

On 26 April 2004, Mr. Marynich was apprehended by members of the State Security Committee (KGB) and placed in the KGB pretrial detention centre in Minsk.

On 21 December 2002, the authors filed an application for supervisory review with the President of the Minsk City Court this was dismissed on 17 February 2003.

During his career he was also, among others, Mayor of Minsk, Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and Slovakia, and, from 1994 to 1998, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations.

The Embassy of the United States of America in Minsk did not agree with the opinion of the court that computers had been stolen, which also supports Mr. Marynich's innocence.

2.7 On 24 September 2002, the authors appealed the C.R.N. 's refusal to register the association in the Central District Court of Minsk the appeal was dismissed on 18 October 2002.

On 18 October 2002, the Central District Court of Minsk rejected the authors' appeal against the C.R.N. 's decision on the same grounds this decision was in turn affirmed on appeal.

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to forward to you herewith the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia on the results of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group fact finding mission, issued on 16 March 2005, as well as the report of the OSCE fact finding mission and the related letter of the OSCE Minsk Group Co Chairs (see annexes).

It is difficult to fathom why 10  communities could be a prerequisite to educational activity, especially since one community, such as that in Minsk, may be larger than many small separate communities.

We remind the General Assembly that Armenia is negotiating on behalf of Nagorny Karabakh within the OSCE Minsk group framework because Azerbaijan refuses to negotiate directly with the authorities of Nagorny Karabakh.

Moreover, since Mr. Marynich was detained, he has lodged with the KGB Investigations Department, the Minsk Prosecutor and the Belarus General Prosecutor more than 70 motions against his detention. They were all dismissed.

The Government limited itself to informing the Working Group that on 29 April 2004 the Prosecutor in Minsk chose detention in custody to be applied as a preventive measure (see paragraph 15 above).

The goals of the FFM were to report its findings to the Co Chairs of the Minsk Group so that they could pursue their mediation efforts with a clearer understanding of the settlement issue.

(f) About the decision of the Belarusian authorities to revoke the teaching licence of the European Humanities University in Minsk and to terminate the lease of its buildings, forcing the University in Belarus to close down

On 29 April 2004, the Prosecutor of Minsk chose detention in custody to be applied as a preventive measure and on 6 May 2004 Mr. Marynich was charged with committing illegal acts involving a firearm (art.

On 29 April 2004, the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Minsk region issued an order to arrest Mr. Marynich. According to article 126 of the Criminal Code, detention should be used only in very serious cases.

(f) About the failure of the Belarusian authorities to heed calls to reinstate the teaching licence of the European Humanities University in Minsk and about the increasing harassment of its students while the university operates in exile

As is known, with a view to settling the Armenia Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, international efforts began with the establishment of the OSCE Minsk Group and the determination of the mandate for the future peace conference.

To achieve this we have everything Under these circumstances we cannot react positively to those calling us to compromise , he stated in an effort to justify continued Azerbaijani efforts to abort the Minsk process (source Zerkalo, 23 July 2004).

However, Azerbaijan still hopes that the Armenian side will not miss this chance to advance the negotiation process, with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group Co Chairmen, in accordance with the key understanding reached within the Prague process.

To implement the new United Nations strategy, an international conference entitled Twenty Years after Chernobyl Strategy for the Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Areas is scheduled to be held in Minsk on 19 to 21 April 2006.