ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM

1. ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM „Workshop on Confidence-Building Measures and Preventive Diplomacy in Asia and Europe“ Berlin 12 – 14 March 2008 Specific experiences of an OSCE participating country with implementation and evaluation measures of the Vienna Document 1999

2. -KSE-DPA-OH-WD-CWÜ- confidentia et securitas pro pace Bundeswehr Verification Center Colonel (GS) Ekkehard Hetzke Head of Division Division 3 Confidence Building Vienna Document 99

3. Verification Vertrauen (Confidence) Völkerverständigung (International Understanding)

4. S1 S4 S2/S3 S6 BwVC Organizational Structure Required to cooperate: Director Fed Off of Lang SMD 10 MilIntLnOff Dep Dir and COS Division 1 Central Arms Control Tasks Division 2 Regional Con- ventional Arms Control Division 3 Confidence Building Division 4 Cooperative Aerial Observation Division 5 Global Arms and Proliferation Control Staff, BwVC Section 1 Planning/Evaluation (VD, CSBM in general) Air Transport Office Section 2 Mission Conduct (VD, CSBM in general) Acc Sect

5. CSBM Genealogical Tree ( Europe ) VD (92/94/99) Stockholm Document (1986) 1999 Istanbul 1996 Lisbon 01/1995 VD +Cde of Cd. 1995 OSCE 1991 Vienna 1994 Budapest 1992 Helsinki Establishment of BwVC (1991) 1990 Paris 1989 CSBM Talks 1986/89 Vienna 1984 86 CDE 1980/83 Madrid CBM (35 states) 1977/78 Belgrade 1975 Helsinki Final Act 1973 MBFR 1973 CSCE 1925 Geneva Protocol

6. Vienna Document 1999 • 56 states • ALBANIA ANDORRA ARMENIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS BELGIUM • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CANADA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC • DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE • THE HOLY SEE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY KAZAKHSTAN • KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUENIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA MALTA • MOLDOVA MONACO MONTENEGRO THE NETHERLANDS NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL • ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAN MARINO SERBIA • SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND • TAJIKISTAN TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE • UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UZBEKISTAN • 6 OSCE Languages • German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish

7. Vienna Document - Zone of Application -

8. Annual Exchange of Military Information Notification/Observation of Military Activities Security + Confidence Evaluation Contacts Inspection

9. I. Annual Exchange of Military Information Data Relating to Major Weapon and Equipment Systems • battle tanks • armored combat vehicles • APC and AIFV look-alikes • ATGM launchers (permanently mounted) • artillery pieces, mortars and MLRS (100 mm and above) • AVLB • combat aircraft • helicopters

10. II. Defense Planning • force planning • information on previous expenditures • information on budgets • clarification, review and dialog • possible additional information • defense policy and doctrine

11. Vienna Document Contacts • Inspections • (specified areas) • Evaluations • (Units/Formations)

12. IV. Contacts • Visits to air bases • Program of military contacts and cooperation • Demonstration of new types of major weapon and equipment systems

13. Visit to a Military Facility in Belarus

14. Visit to an Air Base in the Czech Republic L – 159light combat aircraft

15. Notification =>9000 troops, or => 250 BT, or => 500 ACV, or => 250 artillery pieces if organized into a divisional structure or at least two brigades/regiments Observation =>13000 troops, or => 300 BT, or => 500 ACV, or => 250 artillery pieces V. Notification of Military Activities VI. Observation of Military Activities

16. “STRONG RESOLVE” in Poland

17. Air Defense Exercise “ILMA” Finland F-18 Hornet taking off Highway section used as a makeshift airfield

18. Inspections • (specified areas) • Evaluations • (Units/Formations) Contacts Vienna Document

19. POE IX. Compliance and Verification Inspection 3x per year 36 hrs to 5 days prior to arrival Request after 24 hrs Reply after 36 hrs Arrival ? The team may divide into two subteams

20. IX. Compliance and Verification Inspection Objective verify whether notifiable activities are taking place Duration up to 48 hours within the specified area Inspection team up to 4 inspectors and auxiliary personnel Requirementsbriefing at agreed times inspection on the ground and from the air accommodation, meals, medical care

21. GARM DUSHANBE 2 TAVILDARA 7 Airborne Bde 1 201 Mot Rifle Div 3 92 Mot Rifle Regt 4 UZB 7 KURGAN-TYUBE 3 indep Mot Rifle Bde 191 Mot Rifle Regt 6 5 AYVADZH AFGHANISTAN 34 Mot Rifle Bn Units within a Specified Area in TJK

22. Briefing in Kyrgyzstan

23. Overflight, Kyrgyzstan

24. Overflight, Kyrgyzstan

25. Tajikistan, Barracks of Mtn Inf Bde at the border to Afghanistan

26. Kazakhstan, March 2005

27. Inspections • (specified areas) • Evaluations • (Units/Formations) Contacts Vienna Document

28. IX. Compliance and Verification Evaluation Objective verify the information in the exchange of information Duration up to 12 hours on a working day Evaluation team up to 3 inspectors Requirementsbriefing by the commander or his deputy on personnel, major weapon and equipment systems (nominal-actual)inspection of personnel, major weapon systems and equipment items no access to sensitive points accommodation, meals, medical care

29. Counting of Equipment

31. XI. Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting • Clarification of implementation issues • Discussion of the operation of measures • Implications for the CSBM process of the OSCE

32. VD 99 Activities of the BwVC 2 8 TKM 9 KGZ 8 UZB 6 TJK 8 11 activ passive 17 VD457101 13 23 4 6 6 1 8 4 15 8 15 6 1 15 23 10 10 15 7 16 12 13 Caspian Sea 8 13 15 8 9 12 Black Sea 9 8 9 10 1 7 9 8 7 12 6 2 1 Stand: 02/08 3

33. VD 99 Activities in 2007 Inspections 84 Inspections, bilateral 12 Evaluations 36 Evaluations, bilateral 24 Evaluations DAYTON V 4 Contacts 4 Voluntary Notification of military Activities 18

34. Any Questions ?

35. Thank you for your attention !