CSCE
     25th MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS
         PRAGUE 1994


                                  JOURNAL No. 1



1st DAY OF THE 25th MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE


1.    Date:  Wednesday, 2 March 1994

      Opened:     3.30 p.m.
      Closed:     7.30 p.m.


2.    Chairman:  Mr. P. Bruni (Italy)


3.    Subjects discussed:

      Agenda item 1:    Formal opening

      Agenda item 2:    Adoption of the agenda

      Agenda item 3:    Request for admission to the CSCE as a
                        participating State

      Agenda item 4:    Activity of the CSCE institutions:
                          -   Reports by: the Chairman-in-Office
                                          the Secretary General of the CSCE
                                          the Director of ODIHR
                          -   Report by the High Commissioner on National
                              Minorities

      Agenda item 5:    Situation in the CSCE region. Current issues and
                        CSCE involvement:

                        (a)   CSCE focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia,
                              Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the
                              situation in the region


4.    Statements:

      Agenda item 1:    Chairman

      Agenda item 2:    Chairman

                        Organizational matters:  United States of America,
                        Turkey, Chairman

      Agenda item 3:    Chairman


      Agenda item 4:    Chairman
                        Secretary General of the CSCE, Sweden, United
                        States of America, Austria, Poland, Russian
                        Federation, Turkey, Canada, Greece-European Union,
                        Uzbekistan
                        Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions
                        and Human Rights, United States of America,
                        Switzerland, Poland, Greece-European Union, Turkey,
                        Sweden, Belarus

      Agenda item 5:    Chairman

                        (a)   Croatia, Albania, Greece-European Union,
                              Russian Federation, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
                              United States of America, Sweden, Slovenia,
                              Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary

                              Contribution by Japan


5.    Decisions:

      The agenda for the 25th Meeting of the Committee was adopted and is
      annexed hereto.


6.    Next meeting:

      Thursday, 3 March 1994, at 10 a.m., in the Plenary hall
      Chair:  Italy

                                                       Annex


                     Agenda of the 25th Meeting of the
                       Committee of Senior Officials
                          Prague, 2-4 March 1994


1.    Formal opening

2.    Adoption of the agenda

3.    Request for admission to the CSCE as a participating State (letter
      from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic
      of Macedonia)

4.    Activity of the CSCE institutions:

        -   Reports by: the Chairman-in-Office
                        the Secretary General of the CSCE
                        the Director of ODIHR

        -   Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities

5.    Situation in the CSCE region. Current issues and CSCE involvement:

      (a)   CSCE focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Yugoslavia (Serbia
            and Montenegro) and the situation in the region (ref. Decision
            I, 1.2 of the Rome Council Meeting)

      (b)   CSCE action in Georgia:  Relationship with the United Nations;
            consideration of the proposals by the Personal Representative
            of the Chairman-in-Office to Georgia (Decision I, 2 of the Rome
            Council Meeting;  report by the Chairman-in-Office on the
            relationship with the United Nations;  report by the CSCE
            Representative to the Geneva (Georgian-Abkhazian) Negotiations;
            report and recommendations by the Personal Representative of
            the Chairman-in-Office)

      (c)   Information on the implementation of paragraph 15 of the
            Helsinki Summit Declaration 1992

      (d)   Updated reports of CSCE Missions and other current issues

      (e)   Further development of capabilities of the CSCE in conflict
            prevention and crisis management (ref. Decision II of the Rome
            Council Meeting;  report by the Chairman of the Permanent
            Committee)

6.    Further development of the role of the CSCE:

      (a)   Co-operation and contacts with the United Nations as well as
            with European and transatlantic organizations and institutions
            (ref. Decision VI of the Rome Council Meeting; report by the
            Chairman-in-Office)

      (b)   Relations between non-participating Mediterranean States and
            the CSCE (ref. requests submitted by some non-participating
            Mediterranean States; recommendation by the Permanent
            Committee)

      (c)   Financial implications of the strengthening of ODIHR (ref.
            Decision IV, 4 of the Rome Council Meeting; report by the
            Director of ODIHR)

      (d)   Examination of the status of the CSCE Parliamentary Assembly
            (ref. Journal No. 2, decision (c), of the Rome Council Meeting)

      (e)   Progress report on the Pact for Stability

7.    Preparation of the Budapest Review Conference:
      (Preliminary exchange of views, inter alia, on:
        -   nature and structure of the final document
        -   central ideas
        -   other topics to be included in the document
        -   distribution of work)

8.    Any other business

9.    Formal closure