Writing a Policy statement

1.

WRITING A POLICY STATEMENT
o Title
o Introduction
o Main part
o Possible solutions
o Conclusion

2.

THE C ON CE PT OF P OL ICY
S TATE M E N T
A document that briefly and clearly
explains how your country views a
certain problem, its policy, what
previous experience of dealing with
that sort of problems was, and what
solutions your country is willing to
offer.
• Important notes:
• The essence and the content of the
document depends on the policy of the
country you represent
• Try to find groups (or countries) of interest
in solving or not solving this problem
• Pay attention to the speeches of the
governmental officials about the problem,
judicial and juristic documents (both national
and international) connected with the stated
problem
• Use information about the facts and the
events (in which your country involved)
connected with the problem as an example
of awareness
• The position of your country regarding to
another countries may depends not only on
the one fact but the background of the
problem, economic and geopolitical interests
and affiliation to certain economic and
military blocks (NATO, EU etc.) and
diplomatic relations as well.

3.

SCHEME OF THE TITLE
• Delegation: Russian Federation
• Committee: Baltic Forum
• Question: Assessing the possible environmental impact of
the Nord Stream 2 construction

4.

A FEW B ACKGROUND
INFORMATION
o Why is the Russian Federation building
the Nord Stream 2?
o What are the main countries which
are interested in building this pipeline
route?
o What other European countries do
produce gas?
o What nations are not going to support
this project?

5.

INTRODUCTION
• The Russian Federation as the main construction-leader country of the Nord
Stream 2 is deeply alarmed by the environmental condition of the Baltic Sea.
Our nation completely believe that the future the European region
environment (especially the Northern Europe) depends on the Baltic Sea
which is suffered from oil and possible toxic pollution from factories and
different liners, ships etc. In addition, the Baltic Sea was one of the main trade
seas for centuries that means the greater human influence on this biosphere.
Bearing in mind these facts, Russian Federation is interested in building only
ecologically safe pipeline route.

6.

MAIN PART
• In this case, the Russian Federation has engaged the expert commission for state
environmental expert review (SEER) under the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of
Natural Resource Use (RosPrirodNadzor) issued a positive conclusion on the project
documentation for the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline in Russia. The expert commission
concluded that implementation of the project in Russia is feasible and compliant with
Russian environmental requirements. (According to https://www.nord-stream2.com/)
• Moreover, Nord Stream 2 AG, the developer of a pipeline to supply Russian natural gas to
the EU market through the Baltic Sea, submitted the environmental impact assessment
(EIA)1 report and project documentation to RosPrirodNadzor in November 2017 for
state environmental expert review, which adopted the material recommendation
construction under the control of EIA.
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1
EIA is a national procedure for evaluating the potential impact of a proposed activity on the environment and for
enhancing public participation in the planning phase

7.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
• The continuation of construction under the control of the
organization, as well as taking into account existing environmental
agreements and recommendations;
• Provision stable gas supplies for other available pipeline routes in
accordance with existing gas agreements between countries such as
but not limited to:
a) Ukraine,
b) Latvia
c) Estonia
d) Lithuania etc.

8.

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, we are open for any cooperation in order to achieve
proper Nord Stream 2 construction. The government of Russia is
fully confident that the usage of gas from the Nord Stream 2
can help the EU meet its goal of reducing CO₂ emissions 40
percent by 2030.