The Coordination Council for Emergency Situations of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Coordination Council, ECC) was established in accordance with the decision of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Collective Security Council Council to coordinate the interaction of ministries and departments of the CSTO member states ) in the field of prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations.

   The Coordination Council is a subsidiary body of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Organization, CSTO).

   The legal basis for the activities of the Coordination Council are: the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, decisions of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO, other regulations governing the activities of the Organization, international agreements on cooperation in the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.

Tasks and functions of the Coordination Council

 The Coordination Council is charged with the following main tasks:

• organization of interaction between authorized bodies in order to prevent and eliminate the consequences of emergency situations;

• development of proposals for the implementation of joint organizational and practical measures aimed at preventing emergency situations and increasing the effectiveness of measures to eliminate their consequences;

• development of the international legal base of cooperation in the field of prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations, preparation of proposals for improving and harmonizing the national legislations of the CSTO member states;

• coordination of the preparation and conduct of joint measures for the prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations;

• preparation of proposals for the development of draft interstate programs and plans for the prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations;

• organizing the exchange of experience and information, assistance in training and raising the level of skills;

• participation in the methodological and informational and analytical support of the authorized bodies of the Organization's member states in the field of prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations.

•  In order to solve the tasks assigned to it, the Coordination Council performs the following main functions:

• considers relevant issues on the improvement and harmonization of national regulatory legal acts governing the activities of authorized bodies in the field of prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations;

• coordinates the actions of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states in the field of prevention and liquidation of the consequences of emergency situations;

• on the instructions of the CSTO bodies, within its competence, interacts with the relevant bodies of other international organizations and authorized bodies of individual states;

• develops proposals on issues related to the competence of the ECC;

• considers the implementation of the decisions of the CSTO bodies and international treaties concluded within the framework of the CSTO or on behalf of the CSTO related to the ECC;

• organizes the exchange of experience and information between the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states and similar agencies of other countries on the issues of prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations;

• considers issues related to the implementation of joint research projects on issues of mutual interest for the authorized bodies of the Organization;   

• prepares proposals on the issues of training and advanced training of personnel for the authorized bodies, their divisions and relevant educational institutions of the CSTO member states;

• forwards proposals to the CSTO Secretariat to the agenda of meetings of the CFM, СMD, CSSC, CSTO CSC;

• participates in the preparation and conduct of scientific conferences, seminars, meetings and workshops.

   The Coordination Council may be assigned other tasks and functions in accordance with the decision of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Composition of the Coordination Council

    The members of the Coordination Council are the heads of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states in the field of emergency prevention and response.

   The members of ECC have equal rights.

   The members of the Coordination Council have the right to raise any issues for discussion within their competence, to request and receive from the Secretariat and other CSTO bodies the necessary information relating to the ECC.

   The Coordination Council is headed by the Chairman of the ECC (hereinafter referred to as the Chairman) - the representative of the Member State of the Organization, who is the head of the authorized body in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations.

   The chairman of the ECC is elected by the members of the Coordination Council for one year. (Based on the decision of the Collective Security Council, which adopted amendments to the Statute on the ECC CSTO, the Chairman of the Coordination Council in 2010 was elected for 3 years, and in 2013 for 2 years)

   Since September 2015, the Coordination Council is chaired by the Republic of Belarus.

   The chairman has one deputy. The Deputy Chairman is the member of the Coordination Council of the CSTO member state, which chaired the ECC in the previous period.

Chairman of the ECC:

• reports to the CSTO Collective Security Council for the implementation of decisions aimed at preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations;

• manages the current activities of the Coordination Council;

• within its competence, organizes control over the implementation of decisions of the statutory bodies of the CSTO;

• represents the ECC at meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies on issues related to the prevention and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations;

• organizes the work and monitors the implementation of plans, decisions and orders of the ECC;

• on behalf of ECC signs documents;

• during the period between meetings, the ECC manages the activities of the working groups established under the ECC;

• organizes the interaction of the ECC with the Secretariat and other CSTO bodies;

• organizes the provision by the mass media of information about the activities of the ECC;

• presides at meetings of the ECC.

   In the absence of the Chairman of the Coordination Council, his powers are assigned to the Deputy Chairman of the ECC.