On 17 September 2015, the Council appointed the members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020.
The EESC is the European Union body which represents employers, workers and other groups and associations of civil society, notably in socio-economic, civic, professional and cultural areas.
The Committee has 350 members from the 28 EU countries.
Members are nominated by national governments and appointed by the Council for a renewable 5-year term of office. The latest renewal was in October 2010 for the mandate 2010-2015.
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SUMMARY
On 17 September 2015 at 06:56hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 44 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:18hrs on 17 August.
DETAIL
Leaving the Russian Federation
On 17 September 2015 at 06:56hrs, the Observer Mission observed the arrival of a Russian convoy at the gate of the Donetsk BCP. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations team led the process of the convoy movement. The convoy consisted of 37 cargo trucks and 7 support vehicles. All cargo trucks displayed the Russian Federation national flag and bore the inscription “Humanitarian help from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation’’.
At 06:59hrs the vehicles entered the customs control area and lined up in three lines, the tailgates and tarpaulin of some of the cargo trucks were opened and visually checked from the outside by Russian border guards and customs officers. One service dog was present in the customs area and was used to check some of the cargo trucks from outside. Ukrainian officers – two border guards and two customs officers – were present during the check. They performed a superficial visual observation of some of the opened trucks from the outside. By 07:45hrs all vehicles had left the BCP towards Ukraine.
Returning to the Russian Federation
At 14:18hrs on 17 September, the convoy arrived and lined up in four lines at the customs area. The tailgates of the trucks were opened and Russian border guards and customs officers visually checked the returning convoy. Ukrainian officers – two border guards and two customs officers – performed a superficial visual observation of the returning convoy. One service dog was present in the customs area and was used to check some of the vehicles from outside when the convoy returned. By 14:40hrs, all 44 vehicles had returned and crossed back into the Russian Federation.
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Related StoriesBELGRADE, 17 September 2015 – The OSCE will receive on Saturday, 19 September 2015, the Kaiser-Otto-Prize 2015 Award at Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany, for its work in political crisis management and conflict prevention, as well as its mediating role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, the former OSCE Chairperson and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, and the incoming Chairperson, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will attend the ceremony.
Previous winners are: Richard Von Weizsäcker, former president of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005), Vaira Vike-Fraiberga, former President of Latvia (2007), Władysław Bartoszewski, former Polish Foreign Minister (2009), Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2011) and Egon Bahr, former Federal Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (2013).
The Foreign Ministers and Ambassador Marcel Peško, Head of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and representing the OSCE Secretary General, will also meet to discuss current political issues.
A news conference by the Foreign Ministers will take place on Saturday, 19 September at 13:15 at the Spiegelsaal (1st floor), office of the regional bishop – entrance: Hegelstraße 1. Accredited journalists must be present before 12:45.
The award ceremony is open to media and will take place at 14:00, at the Magdeburg Cathedral - entrance: Am Dom 1, 39104 Magdeburg (south-west side of the Cathedral).
Media wishing to attend the conference and/or the award ceremony are kindly requested to register via presse@diplo.de. Journalists must collect their accreditation in Magdeburg on 19 September at the Cloister of Magdeburg Cathedral, Am Dom 1, 39104 Magdeburg (South Western side of the Cathedral), between 11:00 and 12:30.
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