In June 2005 the CIS Council of Heads of Governments had also adopted an agreement on cooperation to combat taxation fraud, which had already been signed by a number of CIS countries.

C. Commonwealth of Independent States

Recognizing the ongoing acuteness of the migration and displacement problems in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the necessity to follow up the Conference,

Treaties within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Bahamas

Proximity to the European Union (EU) serves as an additional incentive to public administration reform in a number of the CIS member States.

Half of the CIS and South East European countries are expected to miss at least one of the Millennium Development Goals.

Recognizes the role that the Commonwealth of Independent States plays in the process of the preparation of events in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident to be held in States participating in the Commonwealth of Independent States

The country has had a limited military partnership with Russian Federation, other CIS countries and a partnership with NATO since 1994.

Follow up to the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States

Treaty on Cooperation among States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Combating Terrorism.

It operates domestic services and services to the CIS countries and the Middle East.

CIS has 12 members see www.cisstat.com eng cis.

58 154. Follow up to the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States

6. Invites the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States to intensify bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in maintaining the balance of commitments and interests in such activities

56 134. Follow up to the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States

6. Invites the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States to intensify bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in maintaining the balance of commitments and interests in such activities

Many CIS countries had adopted special national programmes to prevent and suppress illegal migration, human trafficking and the transborder weapons trade.

Many of them had later travelled to other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States or to Europe.

Commonwealth of Independent States Treaty on Economic Union (Moscow, 24 September 1993).

19 30 21 00 CIS and Eastern Countries exchange (Juszczac, Blaser)

The CIS countries stood ready to develop any form of cooperation with United Nations bodies involved in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice.

Agreement on the Cooperation between the Ministries of Interior of the CIS Participating States for the Suppression of Terrorism.

A study on the implications for employment and fiscal policies of population ageing in the Commonwealth of Independent States is under way and preliminary results are expected in early 2006.

On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Heads of State of the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) recall with special pride the involvement of their peoples in the decisive event of the last century the creation of the world organization, whose founders included States now in the CIS.

In addition to participating in those instruments, more than half of the CIS countries had also already signed the new International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, which had been an initiative of the Russian Federation.

The CIS countries were constantly improving the treaty and legal basis for combating illegal migration, money laundering, kidnapping, trafficking in humans, the trade in illicit weapons and other crimes.

The CIS countries would broaden their cooperation, particularly through their Coordination Bureau and Anti Terrorist Centre, in order to combat the most dangerous types of crime in the region.

The goal of the Agreement is to strengthen the fight against terrorism in the CIS countries and to prevent acquisition of mobile zenithal rocket complexes of Igla and Strela by terrorist groups.

The SCO has also signed memorandums of understanding with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Decision on the Means of Supervision of International Transfers of Igla and Strela type Portable Zenithal rocket Complexes by CIS Member States of the Council of CIS Heads of States was signed on 19 September 2003, in Yalta.

Most of the issues raised by the Declaration in the area of crime and criminal justice were in line with the tasks set out by the CIS countries in their interstate programme of joint measures to combat crime for the period 2005 2007.

Price surveys for the 2005 Programme began in the CIS in January 2005.

Belarus responded Yes the Intergovernmental Council of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the exploration, use and protection of the subsoil.

Similar zones also have been created through bilateral agreements between some member States within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

South East Europe and the CIS countries have a high share of people living in poverty, with the incidence remaining high in seven low income countries in that region.

The 1996 Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was an example of such coordination.

The CIS is using software from the Eurostat OECD comparison programme.

11. Recognizes the role that the Commonwealth of Independent States plays in the process of preparing events in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident to be held in States participating in the Commonwealth

We consider it very important that the CTC meeting will be convened jointly with the Commonwealth of Independent States, in the heart of the Eurasian continent.

8. Welcomes the decision of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States to proclaim 26 April the International Day Commemorating Victims of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes in the States members of the Commonwealth

While all countries benefit from international cooperation, the subprogramme recognizes a special need of the countries of CIS and south eastern Europe, where forest sector problems tend to be more acute and national capacity weaker.

Summaries provided by participants in the Counter Terrorism Committee Commonwealth of Independent States special meeting, 26 to 28 January 2005

The Russian Federation referred to the main anti terrorism instruments prepared within the framework of CIS as a firm basis for stepping up effective joint efforts to combat terrorism.

nuclear safety and security assistance for States of the former Soviet Union on the basis of the TACIS programme