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Viewing cable 07USOSCE366, OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make

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07USOSCE366 2007-09-28 12:15 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Mission USOSCE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 USOSCE 000366 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR L/EUR AND EUR/RPM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OSCE KTIA
SUBJECT:  OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make 
Progress As Russian Demand for a Charter Looms 
 
Ref: A) USOSCE 331; B) State 69698 and previous 
 
1. Summary:  Meeting for the first time since July, on 
September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on 
Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and 
Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress 
in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on 
previously disputed issues.  Almost all delegations, with 
reluctantly accepted addressing the very largely 
overlapping privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) of staff 
the notable exceptions of Sweden and the UK, at least of 
the Secretariat and Institutions and of Field Operations in 
separate articles (Articles 14 and 14 bis, respectively). 
There was also considerable discussion on what protection, 
if any, should be granted to members and staff of the OSCE 
Parliamentary Assembly (PA); a possible consensus text 
(Article i (j)) handles this through language linked to the 
definition of ?Persons Performing Tasks for the OSCE.? 
Russia again pressed for reference to a charter in the 
convention text, to which the Chair, the US, the UK and 
others objected, noting the impossibility of referring to 
the text of a document that does not exist.  The Russian 
delegation has been relatively cooperative and the WG may 
well be able to finalize the substantive articles in 
October, although Russia has made utterly clear it will 
prevent final approval of a text until its demands on an 
OSCE Charter are met. On September 18, Russia and its CIS 
allies circulated a draft Ministerial decision to establish 
a working group to negotiate a charter.  This sets the 
stage for the next big fight at the Madrid Ministerial. 
The next and almost certainly last CLPPI negotiating 
session will take place October 14-15.  End summary. 
 
Article 14 -- OSCE Officials 
---------------------------- 
 
2.  On Wednesday, before the WG convened, Belgium called a 
small group meeting to discuss its proposal (Ref A) to 
include a requirement for an ?internal assessment? in the 
convention, which would in essence tax OSCE personnel, with 
the money going to the organization.  The Belgian DCM said 
they had strict instructions from the Ministry of Finance 
to include some kind of assessment in the draft or else it 
would not be able to support.  The UK agreed, since there 
was a perception that if there was no assessment, IO staff 
would be getting a free ride.  The US, represented by L/EUR 
Peter Olson, noted that the USG, in contrast to many other 
countries, taxes its citizens that work for international 
organizations, and insisted that provision be made to avoid 
double taxation (i.e., national tax plus staff assessment). 
The Dutch and Germans sided with the US.  Canada, which 
also taxes IO staff, noted that as currently drafted, the 
tax exemption would only exist if the staff assessment 
does.  The US also noted that staff assessments are 
normally adopted as internal management decisions rather 
than being provided for in treaty text. 
 
3. At the beginning of the WG on Thursday, the Chair, Dutch 
Ambassador Ida Veldhuizen-Rothenbuecher, asked the Co- 
chair, Austrian MFA Legal representative, Dr. Helmut Tichy, 
to explain para 2 bis, concerning tax exemption as 
originally proposed by the Belgians (?Officials shall be 
subject to a staff assessment for the benefit of the 
organization on the salaries? paid to them by the 
organziation.  Such salaries?shall be exempt from national 
income tax.?)  After brief discussion, the text was 
adopted, with language permitting States to disregard the 
exemption (i.e. tax) for their own citizens.  There was no 
objection and brackets were lifted on the text. 
 
-- Bracketed text providing general immunity from personal 
arrest or detention (para 1a) was deleted.  The Chair noted 
in side conversation her understanding that Armenia, which 
was not present, no longer insisted on such language. 
 
-- Azerbaijan, backed by Russia, continued to insist on 
deleting the exemption from national service (para 1f), 
despite the US observation that para 2 exempted States from 
granting that exemption to its own citizens.  The text was 
bracketed. 
 
-- On para 3, and consistent with its longstanding efforts 
to draw distinctions between headquarters and field 
operation personnel, Russia insisted on keeping the 
brackets on ?and Heads of Mission? regarding the broader 
P?s and I?s given senior officials.  Reflecting the views 
of many, Sweden rejected such differentiation between HOM?s 
and heads of institution. 
 
USOSCE 00000366  002 OF 004 
 
 
 
-- There was considerable discussion on exemption from 
immigration restrictions and alien registration (para 1g), 
focussing on whether express acknowledgment of visa 
requirements implied a right to deny visas in exceptional 
cases.  Canada insisted states have no such right; the US, 
Germany and others insisted that they must and, under the 
existing language, do.  The current text was retained, but 
there will be different understandings of its meaning. 
 
4. After the UK (supported by Sweden) reiterated its 
continuing objection to treating headquarters (Secretariat 
and institutions) and field operation staff in separate 
articles, the Chair called for a tour de table at which UK 
repeated its position.  Russia stated that if separate 
Articles 14 (Secretariat/ institutions staff) and 14 bis 
(field operations staff) were not accepted, Russia would 
revert to its earlier (and widely condemned) proposal that 
field operations staff be equated to experts on mission. 
Virtually all other delegations expressed strong preference 
for a single article with reluctant acceptance of separate 
articles so long as their substantive content remained 
acceptable.  The US recalled and underscored the importance 
of the decision at the July session to retitle Article 14 
"Members of Secretariat and Institutions" (vice "OSCE 
Officials") to avoid any invidious implication that 
?Members of Field Operations? were not OSCE officials. 
 
Article 4 -- Legal Capacity 
--------------------------- 
 
5. Following the observation by the Netherlands and others 
that its inclusion would inappropriately and unhelpfully 
limit the OSCE's ability to conduct conferences, etc. 
outside the OSCE area, bracketed language ?in the 
territories of the States Parties? to limit the geographic 
scope was deleted. 
 
Article 8 -- Tax Exemptions 
--------------------------- 
 
6.  Germany, under instructions from its Finance Ministry, 
proposed changes to the text on tax exemption from goods 
and services.  It added language that any goods which the 
OSCE has acquired subject to exemption shall not be sold or 
disposed of except under conditions laid down by that State 
Party.  The language is analogous to that found in the ICC 
Convention, it said.  The Chair expressed her concern that 
it will be difficult to get a final decision from 
respective finance ministries and asked to leave the 
Article as it is.  Germany said it would try to make the 
argument back in Berlin.  The German rep came back on 
Friday morning with a proposal for a minor change, which 
the Chair recommended be accepted.  Further discussion 
would take place in October. 
 
Articles 18 ? Entry into force and 20 -- Amendment 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
7. The US requested a statement of Secretariat views on 
whether the draft CLPPI could be implemented, both legally 
and practically, if only some participating States were 
party to it ? i.e., a dual regime.  Legal Adviser Sonya 
Brander stated that it could, and nnoted that even 
currently, the OSCE operates under two de facto regimes, as 
some States had taken legal action to implement legal 
personality and capacity and Ps and Is for the OSCE as 
recommended by the 1993 Rome Ministerial decision while 
others had not.  At the Chair's request, the Dutch rep 
offered a brief discussion of precedents and possible 
approaches to the amendment provisions, suggesting an 
approach based broadly on the ICC ("Rome") Convention.  The 
US noted that if, for example, only two-thirds was needed 
to adopt an amendment, this could lead to an even greater 
splintering of legal regimes, with some States adopting the 
convention, others not, and a few having adopted both the 
convention and whatever amendments were proposed. 
 
Article 1(j) -- Persons Performing Tasks (OSCE PA) 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
8. The WG revisited the issue of whether members and staff 
of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) should be given P?s 
and I?s and if so, under what circumstances.  Discussion 
centered a proposal to cover PA personnel as a third 
category (with experts on mission and representatives of 
the CiO) of "persons performing tasks for the OSCE." 
Sweden preferred that the text remain as is, with no 
 
USOSCE 00000366  003 OF 004 
 
 
mention of the PA.  PA Representative Andreas Nothelle said 
the PA recognized there were different categories of staff 
and they could be granted different levels of protection 
but that there should be something in the convention draft 
which covers them.  Denmark, as host country for the PA, 
supported Nothelle?s remarks and observed that the PA was 
an integral part of the OSCE.  It should therefore not be 
included under Persons Performing Tasks but rather be given 
a separate article.  Canada, by contrast, said the 
convention should grant OSCE parliamentarians P?s and I?s 
only when they are conducting official business, stressing 
that the PA was an autonomous body and acted as it wanted. 
Belgium recalled that earlier in the year, the WG had 
already considered and rejected a separate Article 16 
solely dealing with the PA, and indicated a preference for 
having no reference to the PA.  The current text was an 
attempted compromise.  Nothelle said it was important that 
the reference to ?OSCE meetings? in the draft should also 
include ?OSCE PA meetings? and that the PA be mentioned 
specifically somewhere in Article 1. 
 
9. This then led to a lengthy drafting session late 
Thursday night and then Friday morning.  The new possible 
compromise draft specifies that ?Other Persons? would refer 
to OSCE experts on mission and representatives of the OSCE 
Chairmanship, but addressed PA concerns about subordination 
to the executive structures of the OSCE in two ways. 
First, PA members and staff would be treated in the same 
way as (rather than "being") persons performing tasks. 
Second, creatively ambiguous language was adopted extending 
Ps and Is to PA personnel taking part in the work of the 
OSCE "as identified by" the CiO ? a formulation leaving 
deliberately unclear whether the CiO decides when PA work 
is to be considered OSCE work, or rather simply accepts PA 
decisions in that regard.  (As a practical matter, the CiO 
retains the authority to decide, but is likely to accept 
most if not all PA suggestions for when its work is "OSCE 
work.")  Following the meeting, Nothelle reported that the 
PA president wished further changes, a request most 
concerned delegations were resistant to accommodating. 
 
Article 15 bis -- Waiver of Immunities 
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10. There was some discussion as to how to waive immunity 
for PA members; it was proposed that the OSCE Secretary 
General, ?on request? from the PA, would waive immunity. 
With respect to waiving the immunity of the OSCE itself, 
Russia insisted that neither the SG nor the CiO had 
authority to do so, and wanted to seek Permanent Council 
approval in such matters beforehand.  Canada noted that 
this could bog down the PC over relatively trivial 
financial matters such as a contract dispute over 
stationery or catering supplies; the Chair concurred.  Dr. 
Tichy proposed ?notification? of the PC; Russia insisted on 
?consent of its decision-making bodies," while allowing 
that a silence procedure would be acceptable.  It pointed 
out that the SG is not similar to the UNSG in that the 
position heads only the OSCE Secretariat.  The Chair noted 
that referring such cases to the PC would also infringe on 
privacy protection of the individuals involved.  The issue 
remains unresolved. 
 
Article 5 -- OSCE Premises 
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11. The US said that proposed language in Article 5, 
regarding waiving immunity, was duplicative of similar 
language in Article 7 and could give rise to significant 
and unnecessary confusion, and suggested its removal. 
After some discussion, it was agreed to delete the 
language. 
 
Article 14 bis -- Members of Field Operations 
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12. Russia wanted to delete the exemption from national 
service obligations, arguing that field operations are 
?temporary? thus that its staff did not need the 
protections appropriate for permanent staff such as that of 
the Secretariat and institutions.  The US rejected this 
argument, noting that national service generally turns on 
residency status and that staff of field operations are 
present on a form of residency visa and thus potentially 
subject to such obligations.  Russia further argued that no 
OSCE participating State now subjects foreigners to 
military service, to which the US noted that laws can 
change and Canada observed that in some provinces local 
 
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authorities retain authority to conscript residents in case 
of natural disasters such as fire or flood.  When Russia 
refused to back down, the US insisted on bracketing the 
national service exemption in Article 14 (Secretariat and 
institutions staff) on grounds that any arguments against 
the provision for field operations staff were equally 
applicable for headquarters staff 
 
Charter 
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13.  Russia proposed that a footnote proposed by Russia and 
Belarus be inserted into the body of Article 4 (Legal 
Capacity), so that it would read, ?The OSCE shall possess 
such legal capacity as is necessary for the exercise of its 
functions [as they are set forth in the OSCE Charter.]?  It 
also proposed two new paragraphs for the Preamble which 
would expressly reference the Charter.   The Chair noted 
that the WG did not have a mandate to discuss a charter and 
that since the charter was non-existent, it would not be 
appropriate to submit the convention text to the CiO with 
such a reference.  The US supported that position, as did 
Finland, the UK, Germany, and Denmark.  The Netherlands 
said it could recall no precedent whatsoever where a 
reference was made to a document that did not exist.  Spain 
agreed that discussing a charter would be beyond the WG?s 
mandate.  Russia said the OSCE was often ?exceptional? and 
that the draft currently referred to staff assessments, 
which currently did not exist.  Russia also stated that it 
could "guarantee" that by the time the CLPPI was finally 
adopted a Charter would exist ? meaning that it would 
refuse to permit adoption of the CLPPI until a Charter had 
first been negotiated.  The US made clear that it is 
unprepared to consider a Charter.  It is likely that, even 
if all other text is agreed, the proposed references to the 
Charter in the Preamble and Article 4 will remain 
bracketed. 
 
14.  Shortly after the conclusion of this latest round, 
Russia, Armenia, Belarus and the Central Asian states save 
Turkmenistan circulated a Ministerial draft decision 
calling for the establishment of a working group in 2008 
which would draft an OSCE charter to be submitted to the MC 
in December 2008.  The draft decision included a draft 
charter which had been circulated in June (Ref B).  The 
Russians and their allies will no doubt attempt to use the 
convention draft as leverage with participating States, 
especially those on the fence, to get them to agree to a 
charter WG. 
 
Conclusion 
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15. Once again, considerable progress was made in 
finalizing the text, leaving a very real possibility that a 
complete text will be concluded by the end of the October 
session ? complete, that is, with the exception of brackets 
around the text proposed by Russia referring to the non- 
existent Charter. 
 
FINLEY