TIRANA, January 12/ATA/-Following Albania taking over the chairmanship of the OSCE, there are appointed even the personal or special representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office.
The official page of the OSCE reads that, “The Chairperson-in-Office takes a lead in conflict prevention, resolution and rehabilitation in the OSCE region, taking up direct contact with parties concerned and arranging or conducting settlement negotiations. In order to deal with crises or ensure better co-ordination of participating States’ efforts in specific areas, the Chair may appoint personal or special representatives. Personal representatives have a clear and precise mandate which outlines the tasks they are expected to undertake.”
The official page of the OSCE also mentions the special personal or special representatives.
Ditmir Bushati, special envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama
Ambassador Heidi Grau, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group
Ambassador Rudolf Michalka, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, for the South Caucasus
Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
Col. Sulo Mustafaraj, head of the High Level Planning Group
Volker Frobarth, representative to the Latvian – Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners;
Rabbi Andrew Baker, personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Combating Anti-Semitism
Professor Regina Polak, personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions
Ambassador Mehmet Paçacı, personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Prime Minister Edi Rama on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims
Ambassador Melanne Verveer, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Gender;
Paola Severino, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Combating Corruption
Valiant Richey, OSCE special representative and co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Alba Brojka, special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Youth and Security;
Prime Minister Edi Rama presented Albania’s priorities in chairing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2020 two days ago before the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna.
He highlighted the dialogue between the countries as a priority of the OSCE Albanian Presidency for the year 2020./j.p/p.s./
