Press release: The 13^th extraordinary session of the Danube Commission

The Danube Commission (DC) held its XIII Extraordinary Session on 21^st March 2022 at the Danube Commission premises in Budapest, under the chairmanship of Her Excellency Mrs. Ambassador Liubov Nepop, President of the Danube Commission.

The session was convened to discuss the mandate of the functionaries of the DC Secretariat, which expires on 30^th June 2022, and, accordingly, the composition of the Secretariat in the mandate of 2022-2025.

In the course of the XIII Extraordinary Session, the Representatives of member states adopted a Decision to extend the mandate of the functionaries of the Danube Commission’s Secretariat (doc. DK/TAG XIII Ao./3). Under this Decision, the current mandate of the functionaries of the DC Secretariat was extended from 1^st July 2022 to 30^th June 2025. An exception will be the functionaries from those member states that will announce a replacement, as well as a functionary from the Russian Federation pursuant to the Decision adopted at the XII Extraordinary Session of the Danube Commission on 17^th March 2022.

At the 97^th ordinary session of the Danube Commission (15 June 2022), the necessary steps are to be taken to implement this Decision within the budget for 2022.