PRESIDENT OF THE PRIDNESTROVIEN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC
In order to organize activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, in accordance with Article 73 of the Constitution of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic № 464-З-III from August 9, 2004, “On Diplomatic Service of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic” (SAZ 04-33), I hereby resolve as follows:
1. To approve Regulation on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic (Appendix 1), Structure (Appendix 2) and Manning Table (Appendix 3) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
2. To set maximum number of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in the amount of 80 people.
3. To consider Decree of the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic № 508 from October 16, 2000 “On Approval of the Regulation, Structure and Manning Table of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic” with amendments introduced by Decrees of the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic № 233 from March 29, 2002, (SAZ 02-13), № 23 from January 14, 2003 (SAZ 03-3), № 264 from June 20, 2003 (SAZ 03-25), № 53 from February 11, 2004 (SAZ 04-7), № 110 from March 10, 2004 (SAZ 04-11), № 665 from December 21, 2004 (SAZ 04-52), № 486 from September 23, 2005 (SAZ 05-39), N 306 from June 15, 2006 (SAZ 06-25) to have lost force.
4. The present Decree shall enter into force from the day of its official publication.
PRESIDENT OF THE PMR I. SMIRNOV
Tiraspol
August 29, 2007
N 562
Appendix 1
to the Decree of the President
of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic
from August 29, 2007, N 562
Regulation
on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic
1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic (hereinafter “the Ministry”) is an executive organ of state power exercising state administration in the field of relations of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic with foreign states and international organizations.
The Ministry shall be accountable to the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic (hereinafter “the President”) on issues vested in the President by the Constitution of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic (hereinafter “the Constitution”), or in accordance with legislative acts.
In its activity, the Ministry shall be governed by the Constitution, laws of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, decrees and executive orders of the President, as well as by the present Regulation.
3. The system of the Ministry includes diplomatic and other representative offices, inter alia international and intergovernmental organizations (hereinafter “foreign representations”), as well subordinate institutions and organizations on the territory of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic created to support activity of the Ministry (hereinafter “subordinate organizations”).
4. The Ministry shall provide all necessary conditions for functioning of foreign representations, inter alia, carry out central funding, staffing and material-technical support.
Within structure of the apparatus of the Ministry, subdivision to support activity of foreign representations shall be formed.
In their activity foreign representations shall be accountable to and under the control of the Ministry, be governed by the legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic on diplomatic service, normative and regulatory acts of the Ministry, norms of international law, taking into consideration ordinary and legislative norms of host states.
5. Within the system of executive organs of state power the Ministry is a leading body in the sphere of relations with foreign states and international organizations, and carries out general control over execution of international obligations of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
6. The major tasks of the Ministry shall be:
a) realization of the foreign policy course of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
b) ensuring necessary conditions for the President to carry out general management of the foreign policy of the Republic and take measures in the order established by the Constitution of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic aimed at protecting sovereignty and independence of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
c) elaboration of general strategy of the foreign policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and submission of the corresponding propositions to the President;
d) ensuring protection of sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, and other interests of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in the international arena by diplomatic means;
e) ensuring agreed functioning and cooperation of the President with republican and local authorities on implementation of the foreign policy course of the Republic;
f) organization of interrelation of the President with state bodies, representations and embassies of the CIS and far-abroad countries, and international organizations;
g) protection of rights and lawful interests of the citizens and legal entities of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic abroad;
h) providing diplomatic and consular relations of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic with foreign states and their representations, as well as with international organizations;
i) coordination of activity and control over the work of executive organs of state power in order to carry out a single political line of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in relations with foreign states and international organizations.
7. The Ministry as consistent with the tasks assigned to it shall:
a) work out and in the established procedure submit to the President proposals regarding relations of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic with foreign states and international organizations based on data analysis on a whole variety of bilateral and multilateral relations and international problems;
b) elaborate draft international treaties (in terms of policy) of the Republic, formulate proposals on the conclusion, fulfillment, termination and suspension of treaties, and introduce them for consideration to the President;
c) participate in preparation of proposals on bringing legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic into line with its international-legal commitments, as well as carry out general supervision of compliance with international treaties of the Republic;
d) participate in preparation of draft normative legal acts and independently work out draft normative legal acts on the foreign policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
e) participate in elaboration of policy and specific activities aimed at extension of trade-economic and financial ties, scientific, technical, cultural and other exchanges of the Republic with foreign countries and international organizations;
f) carry out data collection and processing, prepare information and analytical notes, summaries, reviews, reports on socio-political and socio-economic situation abroad, and submit them for consideration to the President;
g) ensure involvement of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in the work of various international and regional organizations, conferences, forums, thereby assisting the PMR in becoming a member of the world community;
h) ensure necessary conditions for the functioning of the central apparatus, foreign representations and subordinate organizations, and in the established order submit to the President proposals on organizational, financial and other issues related to their activity;
i) bring position of the President on the principled issues of foreign policy to the notice of organs of state power of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and mass media;
j) promote dissemination in foreign countries of information on foreign and domestic policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, as well as on socio-economic, cultural and spiritual life of the country;
k) give consent to relevant executive organs of state power to disseminate official information on issues relating to the foreign political course of the Republic, including publication of dates of the forthcoming visits by heads of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and heads (representatives) of foreign states and international organizations in Pridnestrovie, as well as to coverage of the course of visits;
l) work out and present in the established order to the President proposals on ensuring agreed cooperation of the Republican organs of state power in the sphere of foreign policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
m) interact with organs of state power and administration of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, local authorities, and public associations;
n) interact with representative organs of state power of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, their committees and commissions on issues relating to its activity;
o) assist in carrying out inter-parliamentary and other external ties of the Supreme Soviet of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
p) ensure functioning of a single state system of registration and record of international treaties of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
q) ensure permanent storage of scripts (certified copies, official translations) of international treaties of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, materials of archives of foreign policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, record and use of documents which are permanently stored in them;
r) provide coordinated actions of special representatives of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
s) organize consular work on the territory of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and abroad;
t) participate in protocol support of inter-state exchange at the highest ad high level, as well as carry out control over observance of diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities;
u) ensure execution of diplomatic-courier service;
v) deal with citizenship matters within the scope of its competence;
w) complete in the established order passport-visa documentation;
x) contribute to the functioning of foreign diplomatic and consular representations on the territory of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
y) carry out reception of official delegations, expert groups;
z) take part in candidate selection and formation of personnel reserve for their appointment as special representatives of the President abroad;
aa) carry out staffing for central apparatus, foreign representations, subordinate organizations; assist in training and retraining of diplomatic service personnel;
bb) executes coordination of activity of executive bodies of state power of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in the sphere of foreign relations in compliance with foreign policy course of the republic;
cc) implements foreign policy measures and preparation of foreign visits and meetings of the President within the limits of its' competence;
dd) implements capital construction and reconstruction of objects of lower organizations, representative offices in foreign countries on the Pridnestrovien territory and abroad; conducts housing construction and executes centralized financing, material-technical provision of representative offices in foreign countries;
ee) performs other functions, stipulated by the legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
8. In order to perform entrusted tasks the Ministry has the right to:
a) receive in accordance with the established procedure from bodies of state power of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, local authorities and autonomous bodies, enterprises, institutions and organizations, independent of organizational and legal forms and departmental subordination, documents, reference and other material, necessary for solving of the problems, that are in competence of the Ministry; to pass in accordance with the established procedure information to mentioned bodies, enterprises, institutions and organizations;
b) to control correspondence of projects of international treaties of the republic to the legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and international legal standards;
c) to submit in accordance with the established procedure to consideration of the President proposals on development of projects of legislative acts on issues connected with foreign policy and diplomatic service;
d) to make within the limits of its' competence the decisions of normative nature, obligatory for execution by other executive bodies of state power, bodies of local administration and self-administration, enterprises, institutions and organizations, independent of organizational and legal forms and departmental subordination in the process of execution of international contracts;
e) to decide issues, connected with creation, reorganization and liquidation of lower organizations, appointment to the posts and dismissal from the posts of their administration, according to procedure, established by the legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic; to conduct inspections and checkups of their financial and economical activity;
f) to use according to the established procedure the means, received for rendering of consular and another kinds of services, for financing of development of material and technical base of the Ministry, for social needs and for material stimulation of its' personnel;
g) to establish, develop special departments, working on certain aspects of foreign policy, including autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations of operational designation;
h) to submit in accordance to the established order to Ministry of Defense of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic the information on the personnel of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, exercising the right on deferment of military service;
i) to submit to the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic budgetary applications on the issues, connected with ensuring of foreign policy activity of the Ministry;
j) to use state systems of communication, systems and networks of data transmission and state informational bases.
9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic is headed by Minister, appointed to the post and dismissed from the post by the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic has Deputies, appointed to the post and dismissed from the post by the President of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, and distributes duties among them. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic is personally responsible for execution of the tasks entrusted to the Ministry and realization of its' functions.
10. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic:
a) runs the activity of the Ministry, approves provisions on its' structural departments and provisions (regulations) on lower organizations. No other governmental official has the right to interfere in the activity of structural departments of the Ministry, lower organizations;
b) defines competence of the officials from the system of the Ministry in deciding organizational, personnel, financial, production and economical and other issues;
c) issues decrees and instructions, give instructions on the issues, connected with the activity of central apparatus of the Ministry, representative offices in foreign countries, lower organizations;
d) exercises the right on reorganization of the Ministry and its' structural departments within the limits of total staff quantity of the personnel of the Ministry and established size of wages fund without changing the volume and nature of the functions, performed by the Ministry; makes decisions on reorganization of lower organizations;
e) in accordance to the established procedure submits proposals on appointments or recalls of representatives of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in foreign states and representatives of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic under international (interstate and intergovernmental) organizations, on appointments and dismissals of the heads of state delegations of the republic;
f) represents Pridnestrovie on bilateral and multilateral negotiations, signs international treaties of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic by order of the President;
g) represents the Ministry in relations with bodies of state power of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, bodies of state power of foreign states and with international organizations;
h) approves provisional expenses on maintenance of central apparatus of the Ministry within the limits of budgetary appropriations, approved for corresponding period;
i) approves personnel arrangements of representative bodies in foreign countries within the limits of established size of wages fund and the limits of total staff quantity and provisional expenses on maintenance of representative offices in foreign countries within the limits of assigned budgetary appropriations;
j) within the limits of his competence appoints to the post and dismisses from the posts administrative personnel of the central apparatus of the Ministry and representative offices in foreign countries and other employees of the system of the Ministry;
k) in accordance to the established procedure nominate distinguished employees for awarding with state awards of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and conferment with honorable titles of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic;
l) institutes departmental awards and decorates with these awards, applies other kinds of encouragement (the announcement of gratitude, issuance of prize, decoration with valuable gift, certificate of honour and so on);
m) in accordance to the established procedure gives the diplomatic ranks from attaché to adviser of the first class inclusive, and submits to the President applications on giving of diplomatic ranks of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary;
n) exercises the other rights in accordance with the legislation of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
11. A board, consisting from Minister (head of the board), his Deputies (ex officio) and other leading administration of the system of the Ministry.
Members of the board of the Ministry, except the persons, who are in its' structure ex officio, are approved by Minister.
The board considers most important issues, connected with the activity of the Ministry and makes corresponding decisions.
The decisions of the board are adopted by its' members by majority of vote and are realized by the orders of Minister. In case of disagreements between Minister and the board, Minister realizes his decision and reports to the President on the disagreements, the members of the board, having their individual opinion, may also report to the President.
12. In order to develop scientifically grounded proposals on the issues of external policy of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic the Ministry may create scientific-advisory, methodical and expert councils.
Compositions of councils and provisions regulating them, are approved by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic.
Organizational and technical support of activity of mentioned councils is executed by central apparatus of the Ministry.
13. In accordance to the established procedure the Ministry issues newsletters and other printed matter on the issues, concerning its' activity.
14. Financing of the activity of the Ministry is executed at the expense of republican budget, directed on maintenance of executive bodies of state power.
15. The Ministry is a legal person, it has a seal, depicting State coat of arms of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic and its' legal name, corresponding seals, stamps and printed forms, current, budgetary and other accounts according to the acting legislation.
16. Location (legal address) of central apparatus of the Ministry: 3300, Tiraspol, Sverdlova str., 45.
17. Corresponding directions of activity of the Ministry are controlled by the President.
