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About an international action “Mission Of Peace And Friendship”. The second meeting of the International Advisory Committee
26 May 2012
On the 23–25 May, 2012 in Wien (Austria) and Bratislava (Slovakia) Secretariat of the International Advisory Committee of Organizations of Reserve Officers and «Flag officers’ club of the Slovak Republic», with support of the Commission on national security and social and economic problems of military people, members of their families and veterans of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation performed a series of measures within the framework of an international action «Mission of peace and friendship».
This involved participation of delegations from 25 organizations — members of the International Advisory Committee of Organizations of Reserve Officers and guests from West, Central and East Europe, Asia and the Middle East. General Secretary of Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers CIOR Knut Jahr also participated in the action (a representative of the Kingdom of Norway).
Taking into account increasing number of members, expanding geography and framework of the activities of the International Advisory Council of Organizations of Reserve Officers, on 24 May, 2012 participants of the second meeting of the Council decided to change its structure and transform it into an International Advisory Committee of Organizations of Reserve Officers (IAC).
They also performed the elections of executive bodies of the IAC. Alexander Kanshin was elected as President of the International Advisory Committee of Organizations of Reserve Officers.
Work of the Secretariat between two meetings was approved.
A decision was made to accept officially as members of the IAC the following organizations:
In order to increase the promptness and quality of cooperation between members of the Committee, on geographical basis there were created regional councils of organizations of countries, within which current activities of member organizations will be coordinated. Presidents of these councils were elected and became as well
Anatoly Kumakhov was elected as General Secretary of the IAC.
In accordance with the decision made at the meeting, a Presidium of the IAC will be formed, which will incorporate three representatives of each member country. In future it is planned to invite organizations, representing reserve and retired officers and veterans of North and South America, Africa and
Decorations, commemorative signs and attributes of the IAC were approved.
An «Appeal to heads of states and governments, social, veteran, youth organizations and world public» was adopted.
A report of the IAC
Based on the proposal of the delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan a decision was made to carry out the third meeting of the IAC in Astana and
On May 23, as part of the event «Mission of peace and friendship», there took place a
The same day in Wien there took place an inaugural meeting on the creation of International club of Reserve and retired officers. Frantishek Blanarik,
In the evening of May 23, 2012 a meeting «Mission of peace and friendship» took place in Bratislava, in the theatre named after
During the solemn ceremony a group of members of delegations was decorated with Medal «Officers’ Solidarity» for their active work and substantial contribution to the development of the Council. Among these people were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Slovak Republic Pavel Kuznetsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic in the Russian Federation Josef Migash, Bratislava Primátor Milan Ftáčnik, Secretary General of CIOR Knut Jahr, assistant of the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation on working with veterans
The evening continued with a large concert, in which participated leading art groups of Russia and Slovakia, soloists of opera and ballet. Military orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, holder of
At the final stage of the action a
Participants of «Mission of peace and friendship» observed a reconstruction of an episode of combat operations of the Second World War, arranged by the Slovak party. Representatives of countries, who participated in the event, shared common opinion that an honorable mission of reserve and retired officers of organizations — members of the IAC is to contribute to preventing of conflicts and wars, to bringing up future generation in the spirit of tolerance, to strengthening trust among nations and countries, independently of their social, economic, national and confessional orientation.
APPEAL
TO HEADS OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS,
SOCIAL, VETERAN,
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, AND
WORLD PUBLICWe, participants of the second meeting of the International Advisory Council of Organizations of Reserve Officers, taking place in Bratislava and Vienna, officers from East and West European countries, Middle East and Asia, appealing to the heads of states and governments, social, veteran and youth organizations, confirm our adherence to the mission of encouraging efforts, aimed at building confidence and strengthening friendly ties among reserve and retired officers, as well as peoples of countries with different social, economic, religious and political structures.
Being military people, who have received special training and have devoted our lives to serving our motherland, with many of us having not only participated in wars and conflicts, but also experienced the bitterness of losing friends and colleagues, we can understand better than anyone the value of war and peace and want to contribute to the creation of peaceful life for our children, rising generation, women and elderly people.
Participants of the meeting share common opinion that only by joint efforts we can stand against the challenges and threats of the time of globalism. Our duty is to use all our experience and capabilities to counter international terrorism, spread of drug addiction and other factors, which pose a universal threat to civilization.
We are sure that by making young people familiar with the experience and traditions of honor and dignity, we can contribute to better appreciation of the importance building trust and developing mutually beneficial cooperation between young people of different countries.
In our activities the participants of International Advisory Committee of Organizations of Reserve Officers intend to serve this honorable mission and willing to establish cooperation with all people and organizations in this sphere.Bratislava
The Slovak Republic
Vienna
The Republic of Austria
24 May 2012
