Statute
of the
Interagency Commission on Defense Security
of the
Russian Federation Security Council
02 October 1997
I. General Provisions
1. The Interagency Commission on Defense Security 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 carrying out Russian
Federation Security Council (hereafter -- Security Council) tasks in the
area of ensuring the defense security of the Russian Federation.
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. The Commission's Functions
4. The Commission is tasked with the following functions:
preparation of proposals for the Security Council in the area of
drafting and implementing strategic lines in state policy in the area of
ensuring the defense security of the Russian Federation;
evaluation and forecast of the military-political and socioeconomic
development of the Russian Federation from the standpoint of ensuring the
defense security of the state;
preparation of materials on defense security issues for Russian
Federation President's reports on issues involving ensuring the defense
security of the Russian Federation;
analysis of information on the state of defense security of the
Russian Federation and preparation of relevant proposals for the Security
Council;
preparation of proposals on Security Council draft decisions and
informational-analytical materials for its meetings on issues of ensuring
the defense security of the Russian Federation;
participation, in keeping with established procedures, in the
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on improving the
structure and composition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
other troops, military formations, and agencies, as well as equipping them
with armaments and military equipment;
reviewing, in keeping with established procedures, the drafts of
federal targeted programs aimed at ensuring the defense security of the
Russian Federation; evaluating their effectiveness, and preparing relevant
proposals;
preparation of Security Council draft decisions on the formation of
state defense orders, as well as on the development of scientific research,
design, and testing programs, whose implementation involves the
participation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
and other interested executive branch agencies;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on improving the
system of collective security, the practice of peacekeeping activities,
reductions of, and limitations on, armed forces and armaments, and Russia's
military and military-technical cooperation with foreign states;
preparation, in keeping with established procedures, of proposals for
the Security Council on the draft federal budget involving determination of
expenses on defense and security;
studying the efficiency of utilization of federal budget funds
appropriated for defense and security and preparation of relevant
recommendations to the Security Council;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on the subject of
drafting prospective normative legal acts aimed at ensuring the defense
security of the Russian Federation;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on issues of social
protection of military personnel and their families.
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 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, communications and signal 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 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 the defense 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 Defense Security of
the
Russian Federation Security Council
Sergeyev I.D. -- minister of
defense of the Russian Federation (Commission chairman), Manilov
V.L. -- first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation (Commission deputy chairman), Alaverdov
V.V. -- first deputy general director, Russian Space Agency, Andriyenko
A.L. -- deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the
Russian Federation, Astakhov A.A. -- deputy minister of finance of the
Russian Federation, Velichko I.I. -- general designer, state center
Imeni V.P. Makeyeva Design Bureau, Voloshin N.P. -- department chief,
Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russia, Gaponov-Grekhov A.V. -- director,
Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yesin
V.I. -- deputy chief of staff of the Defense Council of the Russian
Federation, Yefremov G.A. -- general designer, Mashinostroyeniye science
and production association, Ivanov A.S. -- first deputy chairman,
Committee for Convention Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons Under
the Russian Federation President, Kuzmitskiy A.A. -- deputy minister of
science and technologies of the Russian Federation, Loktionov
N.I. -- deputy minister of civil defense, emergency situations, and
recovery from natural disasters of the Russian Federation, Mamedov
G.E. -- deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation,
Markomenko V.I. -- first deputy general director, the Federal Government
Communications and Information Agency, Maslov P.T. -- first deputy
minister of internal affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of
Internal Affairs chief of staff, Mikhaylov S.A. -- chief, defense
security administration of the Russian Federation Security Council's staff,
Mozgalev V.F. -- deputy minister of the economy of the Russian
Federation, Novozhilov G.V. -- general designer, Imeni S.V. Ilyushina
Aircraft-Building Scientific-Technical Complex, Pankov M.A. -- deputy
chief of staff, Russian MVD Internal Troops, Piskunov A.A. -- department
chief, staff of the Russian Federation President, Rozov
Yu.V. -- department chief, Russian Federation President's personnel
policy administration, Sobolev V.A. -- first deputy director, Federal
Security Service of Russia, Tymko A.I. -- first deputy director, Federal
Border Service of Russia, Shaposhnikov Ye.I. -- aide to the Russian
Federation President, Shcherbakov A.A. -- first deputy director, Foreign
Intelligence Service of Russia, Yarov Yu.F. -- Russian Federation
President's first deputy chief of staff.
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