CSTO army. Development prospects[edit]

To strengthen the positions of the CSTO, the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region are being reformed. These forces consist of ten battalions: three from Russia, two from Kazakhstan, the rest of the CSTO countries are represented by one battalion. Total population personnel collective forces - about 4 thousand people. The aviation component (10 planes and 14 helicopters) is located at the Russian military airbase in Kyrgyzstan.

At the same time, it should be noted that many politicians assess the prospects of the CSTO rather ambiguously, for example, Alexander Lukashenko called the further activities of the CSTO unpromising, since the organization does not respond to a “coup d'état in one of the member countries” (meaning the events in Kyrgyzstan). Nevertheless, Belarus considers the activities of the CSTO promising, but not in military terms:

The Collective Security Treaty Organization is not considered by us as a military bloc. It is an international regional organization that deals with a wide range of security issues. In addition to military threats, the CSTO focuses on countering international terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, transnational organized crime, collective response to emergencies, humanitarian disasters [which, thank God, have not happened yet], wide range threats in the information sphere and the fight against cybercrime. This is not a declarative task that is written down in some statutory documents, these are real specific algorithms for collective response to potential challenges and threats.

We had misunderstandings with the Russian leadership. But we are brothers and friends! And everything related to the CSTO is a joke aside. Here we have never had any misunderstandings, - President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on October 26 at a meeting with participants in a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.

Goals and objectives[edit | edit wiki text]

The task of the CSTO is to protect the territorial and economic space of the countries participating in the treaty by the joint efforts of the armies and auxiliary units from any external military-political aggressors, international terrorists, as well as from large-scale natural disasters.

The activities of the CSTO in the field of combating the drug threat[edit | edit wiki text]

One of the important activities of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is to counter modern challenges and threats. Very serious attention in this work is paid to the fight against drug trafficking. Charter of the CSTO

Practically all member states of the Organization, due to their geographical location, are at the forefront of the fight against cross-border drug crime, since the so-called “Northern Route” of Afghan drug trafficking passes through their territories. “In addition to these traditional drug threats, law enforcement agencies have recently registered the desire of drug traffickers to promote synthetic drugs produced in Europe to the markets of Russia and Central Asia. This is confirmed by seizures of fairly large batches of these drugs in some cities of this region.”

“Given the seriousness of the problem, the issues of increasing the efficiency and improving anti-drug activities are under the constant control of the heads of the CSTO member states. Particular emphasis is placed on the development and use of collective measures of an organizational, legal and practical nature. On June 23, 2003, by decision of the CSC, the Coordinating Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Combating Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States and the Regulations on it were created.

“Every year, under the auspices of the CSTO, a comprehensive operational preventive operation is carried out under the conditional name “Channel”. The operation involves employees of drug control, state security, customs, police and border guards of the member states of the Organization.

The purpose of the operation is to identify and block drug smuggling routes from Afghanistan, block international and interregional channels of synthetic drugs from European countries, suppress the activities of clandestine laboratories, prevent the leakage of precursors into illegal circulation, and undermine the economic foundations of the drug business.

On September 5, 2008 in Moscow, in order to further develop the Canal project, at the session of the Collective Security Council, by the decision of the Presidents of the CSTO member states, the operational and preventive operation Canal was given the status of the CSTO Regional Anti-Terrorist Operation of Permanent Action. This decision will make it possible to respond more quickly and flexibly to any changes in the operational situation related to the spread of drugs, to solve practical problems at several levels. Namely, at the first level, it will be two-three-four-sided operations of a regional and sub-regional nature, carried out in separate drug-hazardous areas within the framework of a single plan.

“In the interests of combating the drug business, working contacts have been established between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and a regular exchange of information with this international structure has been organized. In addition, relations with the Regional Communications Center for Law Enforcement Work of the World Customs Organization for the CIS countries RILO-Moscow, as well as with the Operational Committee of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, are maintained and are developing. Mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of combating drug trafficking with the OSCE is being activated, a dialogue is being conducted in the format of the Paris-2-Moscow-1 process. In 2012, drug smuggling from Afghanistan was discussed in Astana. The countries that are members of the CSTO intend to make every effort to combat drug trafficking.

Collective Security Council (CSC) is the highest body of the Organization.
The Council considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities and makes decisions aimed at the implementation of its goals and objectives, as well as ensures coordination and joint activities of the Member States to achieve these goals. The Council consists of the heads of member states. During the period between CSC sessions, the Permanent Council, which consists of authorized representatives appointed by Member States.

Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

Council of Defense Ministers (CMO)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between the Member States in the field of military policy, military construction and military-technical cooperation.

Military Committee- was created on 12/19/2012 under the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in order to promptly consider the issues of planning and use of forces and means of the collective security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and prepare the necessary proposals for the CMO.

Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security.

Secretary General of the Organization is the highest administrative officer of the Organization and manages the Secretariat of the Organization. Appointed by the decision of the CSC from among the citizens of the Member States and is accountable to the CSC.

Secretariat of the Organization- a permanent working body of the Organization for the implementation of organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for the activities of the bodies of the Organization.

The CSC has the right to create, on a permanent or temporary basis, working and auxiliary bodies of the Organization.

A permanent working body of the Organization responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the military component of the CSTO.

Collective Security Treaty Organizations

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1. History of creation, basics of activity, organizational structure

The organization of the Collective Security Treaty originates in the conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty, which was signed in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on May 15, 1992 by the heads of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Later, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia joined it (1993). The treaty entered into force upon completion of the national ratification processes on April 20, 1994. The key article of the Treaty is the fourth, which states that:

“If one of the participating states is subjected to aggression by any state or group of states, then this will be considered as aggression against all states parties to this Treaty.

In the event of an act of aggression against any of the participating States, all other participating States will provide it with the necessary assistance, including military assistance, as well as support with the means at their disposal in order to exercise the right to collective defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.

In addition, Article 2 of the Treaty establishes a regional consultation mechanism in the event of a threat to the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of one or more participating States, or a threat international peace and security, as well as the conclusion of additional agreements regulating certain issues of cooperation in the field of collective security between the participating states.

The Collective Security Treaty was concluded for five years with the possibility of subsequent extension. In 1999, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and Tajikistan signed the Protocol on the Extension of the Collective Security Treaty (link), on the basis of which a new composition of the participating countries was formed and an automatic procedure for extending the Treaty for five-year periods was established.

Further development of cooperation in the format of the Treaty required qualitative institutional changes, which led to the signing on October 7, 2002 in Chisinau (Moldova) of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which from the point of view of international law is a regional international organization security.

In accordance with Article 3 of the CSTO Charter, the goals of the Organization are to strengthen peace, international and regional security and stability, to protect on a collective basis the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states.

Based on Article 5 of the Charter CSTO Organization in its activities it is guided by the following principles: priority of political means over military ones, strict respect for independence, voluntary participation, equality of rights and obligations of member states, non-interference in matters falling under the national jurisdiction of member states.

To date, in the CSTO format, an extensive legal framework has been developed that regulates the activities of the Organization in all major areas of security. To date, 43 international treaties have been concluded and most of them have been ratified on the most fundamental issues of interstate cooperation in the field of collective security, 173 decisions of the Collective Security Council have been signed in certain areas of cooperation, approval of plans and programs of work on specific problems of collective security, solving financial, administrative and personnel issues.

The CSTO bodies, their powers and competence, as well as the procedure and procedures for interaction are determined by the CSTO Charter and the decisions of the Collective Security Council adopted in its development.

1. The statutory bodies carry out political leadership and make decisions on the main issues of the Organization's activities.

The Collective Security Council is supreme body Organization and consists of heads of member states. It considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities and makes decisions aimed at the implementation of its goals and objectives, as well as ensures coordination and joint activities of the Member States to achieve these goals. The chairmanship of the Council shall be transferred in the order of the Russian alphabet, unless the Council decides otherwise.

The Council of Foreign Ministers is advisory and executive body Organizations for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

The Council of Ministers of Defense is the Organization's advisory and executive body for coordinating the interaction of member states in the field of military policy, military organizational development and military-technical cooperation.

The Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils is an advisory and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security, countering modern challenges and threats.

The Parliamentary Assembly is a body of inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Organization, which in various forms considers the activities of the CSTO, the situation in its area of ​​responsibility, the implementation of decisions of the statutory bodies and the tasks of their legal support, discusses the practice of working on ratification international treaties concluded within the framework of the CSTO.

permanent council The CSTO deals with the issues of coordinating the interaction of member states in the implementation of decisions taken by the CSTO bodies in the period between sessions of the Collective Security Council. It consists of authorized representatives appointed by the Member States in accordance with their domestic procedures.

2. Permanent working bodies.

The CSTO Secretariat provides organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for the activities of the statutory bodies of the Organization. It implements the preparation of draft decisions and other documents of the bodies of the Organization. The Secretariat is formed from among the citizens of the Member States on a quota rotation basis (officials) in proportion to the share contributions of the Member States to the budget of the Organization and citizens of the Member States hired on a competitive basis under a contract (employees). The location of the Secretariat is the city of Moscow, Russian Federation.

The CSTO Joint Headquarters is responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the formation of an effective collective security system within the Organization, the creation of coalition (regional) groupings of troops (forces) and their command and control bodies, military infrastructure, the training of military personnel and specialists for the armed forces, and the provision of necessary weapons and military equipment.

3. Subsidiary bodies that can be created on a permanent or temporary basis to solve the problems facing the CSTO:

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking;

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Bodies to Combat Illegal Migration;

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Emergency Situations;

Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation;

Working Group on Afghanistan under the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CSTO;

Working Group on Information Policy and information security under the Committee of Council Secretaries CSTO security.

2. Political cooperation

In accordance with Article 9 of the CSTO Charter, a mechanism of regular political consultations functions in the format of the Organization, during which assessments of the situation in the CSTO area of ​​responsibility are discussed, common positions are developed and joint approaches are sought to current problems on the international agenda, and collective statements are agreed upon. Meetings are held at the level of foreign ministers, their deputies, members of the Permanent Council under the CSTO, as well as experts. Special attention is given to the coordination of the collective steps of the member states in international organizations, for which periodic meetings of plenipotentiary representatives of the CSTO member states to the UN, OSCE, NATO, EU and other international structures are convened, which makes it possible to more effectively, on a collective basis, consistently defend common interests in these international structures. The practice includes informal meetings of foreign ministers on the eve of meetings of the OSCE Ministerial Council and sessions of the UN General Assembly. A positive experience has developed following the results of the use of collective instructions to the authorized representatives of the Member States in international organizations.

Cooperation with other international organizations is being developed at the working level. Memorandums (protocols) on cooperation with the UN, SCO, CIS, EurAsEC, the Union State, the Colombo Plan, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, the Anti-Terrorist Center and the Coordinating Service of the Council of Commanders of the CIS Border Troops were signed.

Representatives of the Secretariat regularly take part in the work of the relevant divisions of the UN and the OSCE. The CSTO Secretary General regularly presents the Organization's approaches to certain topical issues on the international agenda during events held under the auspices of the UN, the OSCE, and other associations. In turn, the speeches of their General Secretaries, Ban Ki-moon, Lamberto Zannier at the meetings of the Permanent Council under the CSTO became evidence of the serious focus of these organizations on developing cooperation with the CSTO.

A mechanism has been established for exchanging views on a wide range of issues of mutual interest between the top administrative officials of the EurAsEC, the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO, which allows, on a practical level, to optimize the distribution of functions between regional organizations whose sphere of responsibility includes ensuring security in the states of Eurasia.

In 2010, measures were taken to improve the Organization's crisis response system. It is complemented by a political mechanism for monitoring and preventing possible conflicts. An algorithm for the functioning of the CSTO bodies and member states for the prompt provision of logistical and humanitarian aid, providing information and political support in the event of a crisis in the Collective Security Treaty area. Obligations for mutual, including military, support are also extended to cases of armed attacks by illegal armed formations and bandit groups. The possibility of making decisions in a limited format by interested member states is introduced. Created legal basis for emergency consultations and decision-making, including through video conferencing.

3. Military construction

Despite the importance and priority of collective political actions for solving the tasks facing the Organization, the specificity of the CSTO is the presence of a capable force potential, ready to respond to a wide range of traditional and modern challenges and threats in the Eurasian region.

At the moment, the military (power) component of the Organization includes the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and the Peacekeeping Forces, formed on a broad coalition basis, as well as regional groupings of forces and means of collective security: the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region, the Regional Russian-Belarusian Group of Troops (Forces) Eastern European region, United Russian-Armenian grouping of troops (forces) of the Caucasus region. The Joint Air Defense System of Russia and Belarus is in operation, a Russian-Armenian regional air defense system is being created.

CRRF CSTO (more than 20 thousand personnel) are a component of constant readiness and include highly mobile contingents of the armed forces of the Member States, as well as formations of special forces, which unite units of security agencies and special services, internal affairs agencies and internal troops, and emergency response agencies. In December 2011, the heads of the member states decided to include in the CRRF special units anti-drug agencies.

The collective rapid reaction force is a universal potential capable of resolving conflicts of varying intensity, conducting special operations to suppress terrorist attacks, violent extremist actions, manifestations of organized crime, as well as to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.

In accordance with the Agreement on Peacekeeping Activities, the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces (about 3.6 thousand personnel) were created. On a planned basis, they are trained and prepared for solving specific peacekeeping tasks. In 2010, the Heads of Member States expressed their readiness using the CSTO peacekeeping potential to assist the United Nations, to contribute to the prevention of armed conflicts and the peaceful settlement of emerging conflict and crisis situations.

The contingents of regional groupings, as well as the forces of the CSTO CRRF, are carrying out joint combat training as planned. Exercises and other preparatory activities are regularly conducted. An Interstate Target Program has been approved to equip the CSTO CRRF with modern operationally compatible weapons and equipment. The Russian Federation plans to allocate significant financial resources for these purposes.

Steps are being taken to create integrated systems for military purposes: unified air defense systems in the Central Asian and other regions, a system for command and control of forces and means of collective security, an information and intelligence system, and a system for technical protection of railways.

The Organization, along with the implementation of its statutory goals at the regional level, solves the problem of promoting the development of the national potentials of the member states.

In accordance with the Agreement on the Basic Principles of Military-Technical Cooperation concluded by the member states, the supply of weapons and weapons to the CSTO allies has been organized. military equipment at preferential (as for own needs) prices. The agreement played an important role in the fact that over the 10 years of its practical implementation, the supply of military products in the CSTO format has increased almost tenfold, turned from a political into a full-fledged economic factor, into a serious basis for the formation of a common arms market for the CSTO. The approaches being implemented have brought benefits to the CSTO member states amounting to hundreds of millions of US dollars, and modern and sophisticated weapons and military equipment have become a significant part of the deliveries.

Military-technical cooperation is supplemented by the mechanism of military-economic cooperation, which involves the implementation of joint R&D programs in the CSTO format, the modernization of weapons and military equipment - with appropriate financial support for these activities. The main instruments of interaction in this area are the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperationand the Business Council under the MKVES, within the framework of which the issues of maintaining the specialization of the defense industries of the member states are being resolved, proposals are being worked out on the creation of joint ventures for the development, production, disposal and repair of equipment and weapons.

An integral element of cooperation is the joint training of personnel for the armed forces, law enforcement agencies and special services of the Member States. Every year, on a free or preferential basis, in accordance with the agreements existing in the CSTO, only in the Russian Federation are enrolled: in military universities - up to a thousand citizens of member states, in law enforcement and civilian universities - up to 100 people. In the training of specialists in the field of security currently involved several dozens of relevant educational institutions.

4. Countering modern challenges and threats

After the decision in 2006 to give the CSTO a multifunctional character, the Organization is increasing its contribution to counteracting regional challenges and threats. The necessary coordinating mechanisms have been created and are successfully functioning to coordinate national activities. The main goal of the CSTO is to reach the practical interaction of the relevant services, to provide the opportunity for everyday cooperation of ordinary employees, to get a real return on the efforts made. To this end, collective special operational and preventive operations are regularly carried out under the auspices of the CSTO.

An important practical area of ​​the Organization's efforts is countering drug trafficking. Under the auspices of the Organization Coordinating Council heads of competent authorities for combating drug trafficking conducts a Regional Anti-Drug Operation of permanent action"Channel", the purpose of which is to identify and block drug smuggling routes, suppress the activities of clandestine laboratories, prevent the leakage of precursors into illegal circulation, and undermine the economic foundations of the drug business. The operation involves employees of the drug control, internal affairs (police), border guard, customs, state (national) security and financial intelligence agencies of the Member States of the Organization. Representatives of about 30 states that are not members of the CSTO, including the United States, EU countries, a number of Latin American states, as well as experts from international organizations: the OSCE, Interpol and Europol take part in the operation as observers.

In total, during the Canal operations, about 245 tons of drugs were seized from illicit trafficking, including more than 12 tons of heroin, about 5 tons of cocaine, 42 tons of hashish, as well as over 9300 firearms and about 300 thousand pieces of ammunition.

In February 2011, the heads of the CSTO member states adopted a Statement on the problem of the drug threat emanating from Afghanistan. Work continues in the UN Security Council to promote the initiative to give the Afghan drug production the status of a threat to peace and security.

Under the leadership of the Coordinating Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities to Combat Illegal Migration, coordinated operational and preventive measures and special operations are being carried out to combat illegal migration, which provide for joint efforts to block the channels of illegal migration of third-country nationals and suppress the criminal activities of traffickers and organized groups "Illegal" .

Joint efforts are being made to ensure international information security. The interaction of special units of security and internal affairs agencies is actively developing in order to suppress crimes in the sphere of modern information technologies as part of Operation Proxy.

By decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the Center for Modern Information Technologies was established on the basis of Moscow State University, where training of specialists in the field of information security is organized. The last stream of 19 trainees - representatives of Member States completed their training at the Center on December 14, 2012.

5. Information work and inter-parliamentary cooperation

An important role in the activities of the Organization is played by inter-parliamentary cooperation. Since 2006, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (link) has been operating, which, in fact, is the second supporting structure after the instruments of the executive power, ensuring stability in the activities of the CSTO.

The CSTO PA is an important means of political cooperation of the CSTO. The flexibility of parliamentary work allows, if necessary, to show greater efficiency and openness in responding to current events international life, when establishing contacts with our partners in the West. Traditionally, in order to analyze the military-political situation in the regions of collective security, field meetings of the permanent commissions of the Parliamentary Assembly are held, followed by a report to the PA Council.

The CSTO Parliamentary Assembly also plays a significant role in ensuring common approaches to the harmonization of legislation, work on the convergence of the legal fields of the member states, primarily on the issues of the main activities of the Organization, namely: drug trafficking, illegal migration, the fight against terrorism and organized crime.

The CSTO conducts intensive information and analytical work, actively interacts with the media, journalistic organizations and press services of the authorities of the member states in order to complement efforts in the field of information cooperation, countering the propaganda of violence, the ideology of racism and xenophobia. The printed organ of the CSTO is published, which is the periodical information and analytical magazine "Allies". A weekly TV program of the same name is organized on the Mir TV and Radio Broadcasting Company. The monthly program "International Policy - CSTO" is broadcast on Radio Russia.

The experts of the CSTO Institute conduct fundamental and applied research on a wide range of issues related to the Organization. The Bureau of the CSTO Institute operates in Armenia, its representative office is open in Ukraine. The CSTO Scientific and Expert Council functions, within which, with the involvement of leading experts scientific centers member states, the topical problems of the formation of a collective security system in modern geopolitical conditions are considered.

In 1999, the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly adopted, according to which the parliamentary delegations representing the IPA CIS states - members of the Collective Security Treaty (CST) began to consider legal issues of implementing this agreement within the framework of the CIS IPA. The status of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly as a parliamentary structure of the Collective Security Treaty was fixed in 2000 at the session of the CST Collective Security Council (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic), when the CIS IPA in the CST format was tasked with developing model laws and recommendations in order to unify and harmonize legislation countries that are parties to the Treaty.

On November 23, 2001, at its first meeting, the members of the Council of the IPA of the CIS States - participants in the Collective Security Treaty adopted the Program of Legal Support for the Plan of Main Measures for Forming a Collective Security System of the States - Parties to the Collective Security Treaty for the period 2001-2005. This Program, approved by the chairmen of the CST Collective Security Council and the IPA CIS Council, became the basis for the work of parliamentarians until 2005 and was successfully implemented.

The main forms of work of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the CST format were regular meetings of members of the IPA Council of the CIS states - members of the CST and the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security in the CST format. Interaction was established between the administrative bodies of the IPA CIS Council and the CST, information exchange between them, cooperation in the development of draft documents aimed at strengthening the collective security of the CST member states. In addition, groups of deputies of the IPA of the CIS states - members of the CST carried out a study of the military-political situation in all regions of collective security (in Central Asia - in March 2001, in the Caucasus - in October 2004, in the West - in September 2005).

Given the need to adapt the Treaty to the dynamics of regional and international security and in order to counter new challenges and threats, on May 14, 2002, at the Moscow session of the Collective Security Treaty, a decision was made to transform the Treaty into a full-fledged international organization - the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). On June 23, 2006, the Minsk session of the CSTO Collective Security Council determined the need to develop the CSTO parliamentary dimension within the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in order to harmonize national legislation, develop model laws to solve the CSTO statutory tasks, and organize interaction on international and regional security issues. Based on this Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council and on the Convention on the Interparliamentary Assembly of States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the chairmen of the parliaments of the CIS member states of the CSTO at their meeting on November 16, 2006 adopted. Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was elected Chairman of the CSTO PA Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov.

From May 17, 2012 to October 2016, he served as Chairman of the CSTO PA Sergei Evgenievich Naryshkin.

On November 24, 2016, the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was elected Chairman of the CSTO PA Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin.

Under the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, three permanent commissions have been established - on defense and security issues, on political issues and international cooperation, and on socio-economic and legal issues. Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - representative of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation appointed as Executive Secretary of the CSTO PA Petr Pavlovich Ryabukhin.

In accordance with the PA, the CSTO discusses issues of cooperation between the CSTO member states in the international, military-political, legal and other fields and develops appropriate recommendations that are sent to the Collective Security Council, other CSTO bodies and national parliaments.

In addition, the CSTO PA adopts model legislative and other legal acts aimed at regulating relations within the competence of the CSTO, as well as recommendations for convergence of the legislation of the CSTO member states and bringing it into line with the provisions of international treaties concluded by these states within the framework of the CSTO.

In modern conditions, when the threats of escalation of armed conflicts, international terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are acutely felt, and force factors become dominant international politics, the CSTO PA is designed to ensure better coordination of the efforts of the member states in the field of defense and military building, to expand the Organization's capabilities to form and develop a collective security system, and to facilitate the adaptation of the CSTO to changing political realities.

General information about the Collective Security Treaty Organization

On May 15, 1992, in Tashkent (Republic of Uzbekistan), the heads of state of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan signed the Collective Security Treaty (CST). The goal of the Collective Security Treaty was to prevent, through joint efforts, and, if necessary, to eliminate, military threat sovereignty and territorial integrity of the States Parties to the Treaty.

In 1993, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus and Georgia joined the Collective Security Treaty. On April 20, 1994, the Collective Security Treaty entered into force for all nine countries. It was designed for five years and provided for an extension. On April 2, 1999, at the Session of the Collective Security Council, the Presidents of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan signed the Protocol on the extension of the Collective Security Treaty.

In accordance with the Treaty, the participating States ensure their security on a collective basis. In the event of a threat to the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of one or more participating States or a threat to international peace and security, the participating States immediately activate the mechanism of joint consultations in order to coordinate their positions and take measures to eliminate the threat that has arisen. The Treaty also provides that in the event of an act of aggression against any of the States Parties, all other States Parties shall provide it with the necessary assistance, including military.

Taking into account the need to adapt the Treaty to changes in the regional and international situation and in order to counter new challenges and threats, on May 14, 2002, at the Moscow session of the Collective Security Treaty, it was decided to transform the Treaty into a full-fledged international organization - the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). On October 7, 2002 in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova), at a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the fundamental documents regulating the activities of the organization were signed - the CSTO Charter and the Agreement on the Legal Status of the CSTO. They have been ratified by all participating States and entered into force on 18 September 2003.

In accordance with the CSTO Charter, the member states take joint measures to form an effective collective security system within the Organization and create regional groupings of troops, coordinate their efforts in the fight against international terrorism, drug and arms trafficking, organized crime, illegal migration and other security threats .

Structure of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Collective Security Council (CSC) - the supreme body of the CSTO, which considers the fundamental issues of its activities. The Council makes decisions aimed at realizing the goals and objectives of the Organization, and also ensures coordination and joint activities of the participating States to achieve these goals.

The Council consists of the heads of states - members of the CSTO, and its Chairman is the head of state, on the territory of which the regular session of the Council is held. Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of Defense, Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Member States, the Secretary General of the CSTO and invited persons can take part in the meetings of the CSC. Between sessions of the CSC, the activities of the Organization are coordinated by the Permanent Council, which consists of authorized representatives appointed by the Member States.

Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA)- Advisory and executive body of the CSTO on the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

Council of Defense Ministers (CMO)- Advisory and executive body of the CSTO on the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of military policy, military development and military-technical cooperation.

Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC)- Advisory and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security.

Secretary General of the CSTO is the highest administrative officer of the Organization. The Secretary General of the CSTO manages its Secretariat, he is appointed by the decision of the CSC from among the citizens of the member states and is accountable to the Council.

CSTO Secretariat- a permanent working body of the CSTO, carrying out organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for its activities.

Joint Headquarters of the CSTO- a permanent working body of the Organization and the Council of Ministers of Defense, responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the military component of the CSTO.

CSTO Permanent Council- the coordinating body of the Organization, which ensures the implementation of decisions taken by the Council, the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the CMO and the CSSC.

CSTO Parliamentary Assembly- body of inter-parliamentary cooperation.

The Collective Security Treaty was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent by the heads of six CIS member states - Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In September 1993, Azerbaijan joined it, in December 1993 - Georgia and Belarus. The Treaty entered into force for all nine countries in April 1994 for a period of five years. In April 1999, the Protocol on the extension of the Collective Security Treaty was signed by six of them (except for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan).

On May 14, 2002, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was established, uniting Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. In June 2006, a decision was made
"On the restoration of the membership of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the CSTO", however, in December 2012, the membership of this country was suspended. Currently in composition of the CSTO includes six states - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

On October 7, 2002, the CSTO Charter was adopted in Chisinau. According to him, the main goals Organizations are the strengthening of peace, international and regional security and stability, the protection on a collective basis of the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, in achieving which the member states give priority to political means.

In 2017, the CSTO celebrated the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 15th anniversary of the creation of the Organization. The jubilee Declaration adopted by the presidents notes that the CSTO is a dynamically developing basis for equal cooperation, ensuring a timely and adequate response to the changing situation in the world, and the formed legal framework of the Organization allows bringing cooperation between the CSTO member states to a qualitatively new level, strengthening the commonality of strategic goals and transform the CSTO into one of the effective multifunctional structures that ensure security at the regional level.

The supreme body of the CSTO, which considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities, is Collective Security Council (CSC) consisting of heads of state. The chairman of the CSC is the head of the state presiding over the Organization (since November 8, 2018 - Kyrgyzstan). Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of Defense, Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Member States, the Secretary General of the Organization and invited persons may take part in the meetings of the CSC. Sessions of the CSC CSTO are held at least once a year. At the session of the CSC CSTO (November 8, 2018), protocols were signed on amending the statutory documents, according to which the head of government can be a member of the Council. Protocols are subject to ratification. Not yet entered into force.

The advisory and executive bodies of the CSTO are Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA), coordinating the foreign policy activities of the CSTO member states; Council of Defense Ministers (CMO), ensuring the interaction of member states in the field of military policy, military development and military-technical cooperation; Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) in charge of national security issues. Meetings of these bodies are held at least twice a year.

In the period between sessions of the CSC, the coordination of the activities of the CSTO is entrusted to Permanent Council(effective since March 2004), which consists of permanent and plenipotentiary representatives of the Member States.

The permanent working bodies of the CSTO are Secretariat and joint headquarters Organizations (operating since January 2004).

The Military Committee under the CMO, the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration (CSTO) and the Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations of the CSTO Member States (CSTO) have been formed. members of the CSTO (KSChS). Since 2006, the Working Group on Afghanistan has been operating under the CSTO Ministerial Council. In 2016, under the CSTO CMO, a Working Group was established to coordinate the joint training of military personnel and scientific work. Under the CSTO CSTO, there is a Working Group of Experts on Combating Terrorism and Extremism and a Working Group on Information Policy and Security. In December 2014, a decision was made to establish a CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Response to Computer Incidents. Since October 2017, the CSTO Crisis Response Center has started working in test mode.

The parliamentary dimension of the CSTO is developing. On November 16, 2006, on the basis of the IPA CIS in St. Petersburg, CSTO Parliamentary Assembly(PA CSTO), which is the body of inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Organization. On May 20, 2019, a regular meeting of the CSTO PA will be held in Bishkek. Between plenary sessions, the activities of the CSTO PA are carried out in the format of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly and standing committees(on defense and security issues, on political issues and international cooperation, on socio-economic and legal issues), meetings of the Information and Analytical Legal Center of the Assembly and the Expert Advisory Council under the CSTO PA are held.

On November 24, 2016, V.V. Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, was elected Chairman of the CSTO PA.

Observer status at the CSTO PA has the People's Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the Volesi Jirga of the National Assembly Islamic Republic Afghanistan, Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia. Representatives of Cuba and other countries participate in the meetings of the CSTO PA as guests.

The CSTO carries out its activities in cooperation with various international and regional organizations.

Since December 2, 2004, the Organization has an observer status in the UN General Assembly. On March 18, 2010, a Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the UN Secretariats and the CSTO was signed in Moscow, which provides for the establishment of interaction between the two organizations, in particular, in the field of peacekeeping. In its development, on September 28, 2012, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in New York between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. During the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in November 2016, a resolution was adopted on cooperation between the UN and the CSTO, in which the CSTO is considered as an organization capable of providing an adequate response to a wide range of challenges and threats in its area of ​​responsibility. Another similar resolution is planned to be adopted during the current
73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Productive contacts are maintained with other UN structures, including the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

In October 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the CSTO Secretariat and the SCO Secretariat. In December 2009 - Memorandum of Cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the CIS Executive Committee. On May 28, 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on issues of cooperation and interaction between the CSTO Secretariat, the SCO RATS and the CIS ATC. In April 2019, a meeting of the secretaries general of the CIS, SCO and CSTO was held.

Contacts are maintained with the OSCE, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the International Organization for Migration and others international structures. The CSTO stands for the development of a dialogue with ASEAN and the African Union.

As the Organization develops, its contractual and legal base is strengthened, which, in addition to the statutory documents, includes about 50 different agreements and protocols. Of fundamental importance are the set of decisions of the CSTO CSC on the creation of collective forces, foreign policy coordination, the Collective Security Strategy, the Anti-Drug Strategy, the Roadmap for creating conditions for using the CSTO peacekeeping potential in the interests of the UN global peacekeeping activities, etc.

Military cooperation in the CSTO format is carried out in accordance with the decision of the CSTO CSC "On the Main Directions for the Development of Military Cooperation of the CSTO Member States for the Period until 2020" adopted in 2012.

The components of the power potential of the CSTO collective security system have been formed.

In 2001, to ensure the security of the CSTO member states in the Central Asian region, the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CSRF) were created. The Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) of the CSTO, formed in 2009, which includes military contingents and formations of special forces, became a multifunctional component of the CSTO collective security system. The Peacekeeping Forces (MS) of the Organization were created, the corresponding Agreement on which entered into force in 2009. In order to increase the efficiency of the actions of the collective forces, in accordance with the decision of the CSTO CSC adopted in 2014, the formation of the Collective Aviation Forces (CAS) of the CSTO was completed.

The composition of the forces and means of the collective security system has been determined and normatively fixed, and their joint operational and combat training is conducted on a regular basis.

From October 1 to November 2, 2018, operational-strategic exercises with CSTO contingents were held on the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan " The Brotherhood of War- 2018", which included the special tactical exercise "Poisk-2018" with reconnaissance forces and means (October 1-5, Kazakhstan), "Air Bridge - 2018" with the Collective Aviation Forces (October 1-14, Russia), "Interaction - 2018" with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (October 10-13, Kyrgyzstan), "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2018" with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces (October 30 - November 2, Russia).

On May 18 - 23, 2018, in the Almaty region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, exercises of special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the formation of special forces "Cobalt-2018" were held.

In the field of military-technical cooperation, mechanisms are being improved for the supply of weapons and special equipment to the allies, the provision of military-technical assistance to the CSTO member states, and joint training of military personnel has been organized. The concept of training military personnel has been approved. Since 2006, the CSTO Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation has been operating. On November 8, 2018, the session of the CSC CSTO adopted the Decision on the appointment of Yu.I. Borisov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, to this post.

On November 20, 2012, the Protocol on the deployment of military infrastructure facilities on the territories of the CSTO member states, signed at the session of the CSTO CSC (December 2011), came into force, according to which decisions
on the deployment of military infrastructure facilities of “third” countries on the territory of the CSTO member states can be accepted only in the absence of official objections from all member states of the Organization.

Within the framework of the KSOPN (established in 2005) there are three Working Groups: on the coordination of operational-search activities, on the exchange of information resources and on personnel training. Chairman of the Coordinating Council - State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia I.N. Zubov.

The fundamental document in the field of anti-drug activities of the CSTO is the “Anti-Drug Strategy of the CSTO Member States” approved at the December (2014) session of the CSTO CSC in Moscow
for 2015-2020”. Since 2003, the international complex anti-drug operation "Channel" has been carried out on the territory of the CSTO member states (since 2008 it has been transformed into a permanent operation). Total from 2003 to 2019 30 stages of operation "Channel" were carried out. As a result of the last stage of the Canal Center (February 26 - March 1 of this year), 11.5 tons of drugs were seized from illegal circulation, 784 drug crimes were revealed, about 4 thousand criminal cases were initiated.

The operation was attended by law enforcement, border, customs authorities, security services, financial intelligence units of the CSTO member states. The observers were representatives of the law enforcement agencies of Afghanistan, Great Britain, Iran, Italy, China, Mongolia, the United States, Turkey, France and employees of UNODC, Interpol, OSCE, the Central Asia Drug Prevention Program, the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, The Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Departments of the CIS Customs Services, the SCO RATS, the Bureau for Coordinating the Fight against Organized Crime and Other Dangerous Types of Crime on the Territory of the CIS Member States, the Criminal Intelligence Center for Combating Drugs of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.

In the field of combating illegal migration of citizens of third (in relation to the CSTO) countries, under the auspices of the Organization, the Coordinating Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration (CSTO) operates, as well as the Working Group, whose members are the heads of structural divisions of the internal affairs, security services, migration and border services. Since 2008, operational and preventive measures "Illegal" have been carried out, the purpose of which is to identify and suppress violations of migration legislation. Since 2018, Illegal has been given the status of a permanent operation. Hundreds of thousands of crimes in this area have been suppressed, more than 1,600 persons who were on the international wanted list have been detained. As part of Operation Illegal-2018, more than 73,000 violations of migration laws by persons from third countries were identified, dubious financial transactions were identified, channels of human trafficking were uncovered, and about 1,550 criminal cases were initiated.

On a regular basis, special measures are being taken to identify and suppress channels for recruiting citizens into the ranks of terrorist organizations, and effective work is being done to prevent militants from entering the CAR from zones of armed conflicts. In April-May 2019, for the first time, a set of operational and preventive measures was taken to block recruitment channels, entry and exit of citizens of the CSTO member states to participate in terrorist activities, as well as neutralize the resource base of international terrorist organizations in the CSTO space under the name "Mercenary".

In order to combat crimes in the information environment, Operation PROXY is being carried out (since 2014 - on an ongoing basis). In 2018, as a result of the operation, 345,207 information resources were identified aimed at inciting ethnic and religious hatred, spreading terrorist and extremist ideas in the interests of criminal groups, etc. The activity of 54,251 resources was suspended and 720 criminal cases were initiated. As a result of countering the use of the Internet for illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic and psychoactive substances, 1832 illegal information resources were identified, 1748 of them were blocked, 560 facts of criminal activity were uncovered. 594 criminal cases were initiated. 120 criminal cases have been initiated on the revealed facts testifying to criminal activity related to illegal migration and human trafficking in the CSTO member states.

Foreign policy coordination is built on the basis of annual consultation plans of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues, as well as lists of topics for joint statements. Working meetings at the level of foreign ministers of the CSTO member states on the sidelines of the session of the UN General Assembly and the OSCE Ministerial Council have become regular.

In September 2011, the "Collective Instructions to the Permanent Representatives of the CSTO Member States to International Organizations" were adopted (updated in July 2016). Coordination meetings of ambassadors of member states in third countries are held. In 2018, it was decided to appoint persons responsible for interaction on cooperation issues within the framework of the CSTO in foreign institutions.

Since 2011, about 80 joint statements of the CSTO member states have been adopted at various international platforms.

On September 26, 2018, in New York, on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, a traditional working meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states was held. There was an exchange of views on priority issues agenda of the UN, the interaction of the CSTO with the UN, the fight against terrorism and ensuring regional security, the preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the CSTO were discussed. Joint statements were adopted "On the situation in Afghanistan, the strengthening of the position of ISIS in the northern provinces of the country and the growth of the drug threat from the territory of the IRA", "On efforts to stabilize the situation in the Middle East and North Africa", "On the intensification of cooperation between the CSTO and regional organizations and structures."

The next meeting of the CSTO CSC was held on November 8, 2018 in Astana. The final declaration of the CSTO summit was adopted, as well as a statement by the heads of the CSTO member states on coordinated measures against participants in armed conflicts on the side of international terrorist organizations. The Council approved a package of documents on the legal registration of the status of an observer and partner of the CSTO and a number of other documents in the field of military cooperation, crisis response, counteraction international terrorism, illegal migration.

Collective Security Council (CSC) is the highest body of the Organization.

The Council considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities and makes decisions aimed at the implementation of its goals and objectives, as well as ensures coordination and joint activities of the Member States to achieve these goals.
The Council consists of the heads of member states.
In the period between CSC sessions, the Permanent Council, which consists of authorized representatives appointed by the Member States, is responsible for coordinating the interaction of the Member States in the implementation of decisions taken by the bodies of the Organization.

Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

Council of Defense Ministers (CMO)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of military policy, military development and military-technical cooperation.

The Military Committee was established on December 19, 2012 under the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in order to promptly consider the planning and use of forces and means of the collective security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and prepare the necessary proposals for the CFR.

Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC)- a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security.

Secretary General of the Organization is the highest administrative officer of the Organization and manages the Secretariat of the Organization. Appointed by the decision of the CSC from among the citizens of the Member States and is accountable to the CSC.

Secretariat of the Organization- a permanent working body of the Organization for the implementation of organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for the activities of the bodies of the Organization.

The CSC has the right to create, on a permanent or temporary basis, working and auxiliary bodies of the Organization.

Joint Headquarters of the CSTO- a permanent working body of the Organization and the CMO of the CSTO, responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the military component of the CSTO.

Collective Security Treaty Organizations(reference Information)

1. History of creation, basics of activity, organizational structure

The organization of the Collective Security Treaty originates in the conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty, which was signed in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on May 15, 1992 by the heads of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Later, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia joined it (1993). The treaty entered into force upon completion of the national ratification processes on April 20, 1994. The key article of the Treaty is the fourth, which states that:

“If one of the participating states is subjected to aggression by any state or group of states, then this will be considered as aggression against all states parties to this Treaty.

In the event of an act of aggression against any of the participating States, all other participating States will provide it with the necessary assistance, including military assistance, as well as support with the means at their disposal in order to exercise the right to collective defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.

In addition, Article 2 of the Treaty establishes a regional consultation mechanism in the event of a threat to the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of one or more participating States, or a threat to international peace and security, and also provides for the conclusion of additional agreements governing certain issues of cooperation in the field of collective security between the participating states.

The Collective Security Treaty was concluded for five years with the possibility of subsequent extension. In 1999, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and Tajikistan signed the Protocol on the Extension of the Collective Security Treaty (link), on the basis of which a new composition of the participating countries was formed and an automatic procedure for extending the Treaty for five-year periods was established.

Further development of cooperation in the format of the Treaty required qualitative institutional changes, which led to the signing on October 7, 2002 in Chisinau (Moldova) of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which from the point of view of international law is a regional international security organization.

In accordance with Article 3 of the CSTO Charter, the goals of the Organization are to strengthen peace, international and regional security and stability, to protect on a collective basis the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states.

Based on Article 5 of the CSTO Charter, the Organization in its activities is guided by the following principles: priority of political means over military ones, strict respect for independence, voluntary participation, equality of rights and obligations of member states, non-interference in matters falling under the national jurisdiction of member states.

To date, in the CSTO format, an extensive legal framework has been developed that regulates the activities of the Organization in all major areas of security. To date, 43 international treaties have been concluded and most of them have been ratified on the most fundamental issues of interstate cooperation in the field of collective security, 173 decisions of the Collective Security Council have been signed in certain areas of cooperation, approval of plans and programs of work on specific problems of collective security, solving financial, administrative and personnel issues.

The CSTO bodies, their powers and competence, as well as the procedure and procedures for interaction are determined by the CSTO Charter and the decisions of the Collective Security Council adopted in its development.

1. The statutory bodies carry out political leadership and make decisions on the main issues of the Organization's activities.

The Collective Security Council is the highest body of the Organization and consists of the heads of member states. It considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities and makes decisions aimed at the implementation of its goals and objectives, as well as ensures coordination and joint activities of the Member States to achieve these goals. The chairmanship of the Council shall be transferred in the order of the Russian alphabet, unless the Council decides otherwise.

The Council of Foreign Ministers is the Organization's advisory and executive body for coordinating interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

The Council of Ministers of Defense is the Organization's advisory and executive body for coordinating the interaction of member states in the field of military policy, military organizational development and military-technical cooperation.

The Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils is an advisory and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security, countering modern challenges and threats.

The Parliamentary Assembly is a body of inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Organization, which in various forms considers the activities of the CSTO, the situation in its area of ​​responsibility, the implementation of decisions of the statutory bodies and the tasks of their legal support, discusses the practice of ratifying international treaties concluded within the framework of the CSTO.

The CSTO Permanent Council deals with the issues of coordinating the interaction of the member states in the implementation of decisions taken by the CSTO bodies in the period between sessions of the Collective Security Council. It consists of authorized representatives appointed by the Member States in accordance with their domestic procedures.

2. Permanent working bodies.

The CSTO Secretariat provides organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for the activities of the statutory bodies of the Organization. It implements the preparation of draft decisions and other documents of the bodies of the Organization. The Secretariat is formed from among the citizens of the Member States on a quota rotation basis (officials) in proportion to the share contributions of the Member States to the budget of the Organization and citizens of the Member States hired on a competitive basis under a contract (employees). The location of the Secretariat is the city of Moscow, Russian Federation.

The CSTO Joint Headquarters is responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the formation of an effective collective security system within the Organization, the creation of coalition (regional) groupings of troops (forces) and their command and control bodies, military infrastructure, the training of military personnel and specialists for the armed forces, and the provision of necessary weapons and military equipment.

3. Subsidiary bodies that can be created on a permanent or temporary basis to solve the problems facing the CSTO:

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking;

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Bodies to Combat Illegal Migration;

Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Emergency Situations;

Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation;

Working Group on Afghanistan under the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CSTO;

Working group on information policy and information security under the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the CSTO.