Statute
of the
Interagency Commission on Border Policy
of the
Russian
Federation Security Council
02 October 1997
I. General Provisions
1. The Interagency Commission on Border Policy of the Russian
Federation Security Council (hereafter -- the Commission) was formed in
compliance with the Russian Federation Law "On Security" and the Statute of
the Russian Federation Security Council, put into effect by Edict No. 1024
of the Russian Federation President of 10 July 1996 "Russian Federation
Security Council Issues."
2. The Commission was created for the purpose of drafting the main
directions of Russian Federation's border policy.
3. The legal base of the Commission's activities is comprised of the
Russian Federation Constitution, federal laws, the Russian Federation
President's edicts and directives, the statute of the Russian Federation
Security Council, and this Statute.
II. Commission Functions
4. The Commission is tasked with the following functions:
preparation of proposals for the Russian Federation Security Council
(hereafter -- Security Council) in the area of drafting and implementing
the main lines in border policy of the Russian Federation;
analysis and forecast of the situation in the area of ensuring
security at state borders of the Russian Federation and border-adjacent
territory;
reviewing, in keeping with established procedures, the drafts of
federal targeted programs aimed at ensuring security on the state border of
the Russian Federation, border-adjacent territory, exclusive economic zone,
and continental shelf of the Russian Federation;
preparation of proposals for Security Council draft decisions and
information and analytical materials for its meetings on issues of the
Russian Federation's border policy;
analysis of information on the current state of security on the state
border of the Russian Federation and border-adjacent territory;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on the subject of
drafting prospective normative legal acts aimed at ensuring security on the
state border of the Russian Federation and border-adjacent territory;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on problems of
ensuring national and collective security at the external borders of
Commonwealth of Independent States member countries in keeping with the
Russian Federation's international treaties.
III. Procedures for Forming the Commission and Its Activities
5. The Commission shall be created, reorganized, and abolished by
edict of the President of the Russian Federation Russian Federation. The
statute on the Commission shall be approved by the Russian Federation
President upon submission by the Secretary of the Security Council of the
Russian Federation (hereafter -- Security Council Secretary).
The Commission shall be composed of heads of federal bodies of state
authority and (or) their deputies (including as agreed). If necessary,
other persons may be included.
6. The Commission chairman shall be appointed by the Russian
Federation President. The Commission chairman has one deputy.
The Commission chairman and other commission members carry out their
activities on a volunteer basis.
7. To carry out its functions, the Commission has the right to:
request and receive in keeping with established procedures the needed
materials and information from federal bodies of state authority, from
bodies of state authority of Russian Federation components, as well as from
institutions, organizations, and officials;
use in keeping with established procedures databases of the Russian
Federation President's staff and those of federal bodies of state
authority;
use state, including government, signal and communications systems;
in keeping with established procedures, bring in scientists and
specialists to carry out specific tasks;
interact, in keeping with established procedures, with independent
units of the Russian Federation President's staff, federal bodies of state
authority, bodies of state authority of Russian Federation components, as
well as from institutions, organizations, and officials on matters within
its competence;
prepare proposals on signing, in keeping with established procedures,
contracts with scientific-research organizations, institutions, and
specialists to carry out work in the area of ensuring economic security of
the state;
summarize and present to the Security Council information on matters
within its competence;
determine the agenda for Commission meetings and compile lists of
persons invited to attend.
8. The Commission's work shall be carried out in accordance with plans
approved by the Security Council Secretary.
9. Commission meetings are to be held at least once a month. If
necessary, out-of-turn meetings may be held.
Commission members' presence at meetings is mandatory. They are not
authorized to delegate their powers to others. In the event of a Commission
member's absence from a meeting, he has the right to present his opinion on
the issues under consideration in writing.
10. Commission members possess equal rights in the discussion of
matters under consideration at the meeting. Commission decisions are to be
adopted by a majority vote of Commission members present at the meeting and
formalized by a protocol signed by the Commission chairman. In the event a
Commission member disagrees with the decision, he has the right to present
his opinion in writing, which must then be attached to the meeting
protocol.
Commission decisions approved by the Security Council Secretary are
mandatory for consideration by federal bodies of executive authority.
11. Information, material-technical, and other support for the
Commission's activities shall be provided by the Security Council staff, as
well as, when necessary, by federal bodies of state authority represented
in the Commission membership.
List of Members of the
Interagency Commission on Border Policy of the
Russian Federation Security Council
Nikolayev A.I. -- director, Federal
Border Service of Russia (Commission chairman), Shcherbakov
A.S. -- state secretary, deputy director, Federal Border Service of
Russia (Commission deputy chairman), Alginin V.I. -- deputy minister of
agriculture and food of the Russian Federation, Baluyevskiy
Yu.N. -- chief, General Staff main administration, first deputy chief of
the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, Volokh
V.A. -- deputy chief of the Russian Federal Migration Service of Russia,
Golubev A.T. -- directorate chief, Foreign Intelligence Service of
Russia, Kovalev V.I. -- first deputy minister of railways of the Russian
Federation, Koshel V.L. -- department chief, Ministry of Foreign
Economic Relations of Russia, Lagutin A.M. -- deputy minister of
transportation of the Russian Federation, transportation inspector general
of the Russian Federation, Latyshev P.M. -- deputy minister of internal
affairs of the Russian Federation, Manilov A.L. -- deputy director,
Federal Border Service of Russia, Moskalets A.P. -- deputy minister of
the Russian Federation for civil defense, emergency situations, and
recovery from natural disasters, Onishchenko G.G. -- first deputy
minister of health care of the Russian Federation, chief state sanitary
physician of the Russian Federation, Pechenkin V.P. -- deputy director,
Federal Security Service of Russia, Semenov A.P. -- chief, Main Cossack
Troops Directorate under the Russian Federation President, Sidorov
V.S. -- deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation,
Sobolev A.V. -- deputy chief, Russian Federal Service on Currency and
Export Control of Russia, Solovyanov A.A. -- deputy chairman, State
Committee on Ecology of Russia, Titov A.P. -- administration chief,
Russian Ministry for Cooperation With CIS States, Tumanov V.N. -- first
deputy minister of the Russian Federation for nationalities affairs and
federative relations, Shpagin V.V. -- deputy chairman, State Customs
Committee of Russia.
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