Danube Commission

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Danube Commission
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Buildings and flag in Budapest
English name Danube Commission
French name Commission du Danube
Russian name Дунайская Комиссия
Organization type International Treaty ( Convention on the Regulation of Navigation on the Danube )
Seat of the organs Budapest, Benczúr utca 25
Chair Rade Drobac (President), Miklós Lengyel (Vice President)
Member States 11
Associate members

10

Other official languages

German, French, Russian,
e.g. T. English

founding

1948
(1856 European Danube Commission EDK,
1921 International Danube Commission IDK)

www.danubecommission.org

The Danube Commission is an international organization with the Danube riparian states as members. The aim is to jointly regulate shipping on the Danube . The Danube Commission has its seat in Budapest .

organization

It works closely with the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The official languages ​​are German, French and Russian. Commission officials enjoy diplomatic status .

At the head of the Danube Commission are the President, the Vice-President and the Secretary. These are appointed on a rotating basis.

The highest officials are the general director, deputy general director for development of Danube navigation and for administration, the chief engineer, as well as the councils for nautical affairs, ship technical affairs, affairs of the maintenance of the fairway, business and environmental affairs, economic analysis and statistics, legal affairs, financial affairs, publication affairs and public relations.

Members

  • Members
  • observer
    • Country Distance on
    the Danube (km)
    BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 471.55
    GermanyGermany Germany 618.30
    CroatiaCroatia Croatia 137.50
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 0.57
    AustriaAustria Austria 357.50
    RomaniaRomania Romania 1075.00
    RussiaRussia Russia 0 00
    SerbiaSerbia Serbia 587.40
    SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 172.10
    UkraineUkraine Ukraine 53.90
    HungaryHungary Hungary 417.20

    In addition to the member states, others have observer status. These are:

    Both France and Turkey have been interested in membership for a long time.

    history

    The Danube Commission is the successor to the European Danube Commission (EDK), which was created after the Paris Peace Treaty of 1856. In the aftermath of the First World War , this commission was revived on the basis of the Versailles Treaty. In addition, the International Danube Commission (IDK) was founded in 1921 and first had its seat in Pressburg . In 1927 it was moved to Vienna . The presidency of the EDK was alternately taken over by representatives of the neighboring countries. Finally, the two commissions (EDK and IDK) dissolved in 1940, and the River Council with its seat in Bratislava was created for this purpose . The effects of the war led to the complete cessation of shipping on the Danube in the 1940s, which is why all relevant bodies ceased their work.

    Only on August 18, 1948, after a corresponding agreement on the regulation of shipping by originally seven states had been signed in Belgrade on the Soviet proposal, the Danube Commission was re-established and settled in Galați in Romania. In 1954 the administration of the Commission moved to Budapest . The two states Germany and Austria were not admitted to the founding conference because they were held responsible for the war. Austria has been a member since 1960. Due to Russian reservations, Germany could only join after 1999.

    In addition to its ongoing tasks in the course of the chaos of the Balkan conflict , when the Danube was no longer passable , the Danube Commission was very important . The Commission has been given the project to clear the Danube near Novi Sad .

    literature

    • Franz Pichler: The Danube Commission and the Danube States. Cooperation and integration. Series of publications by the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and International Relations, Volume 8. Braumüller, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-7003-0059-X .
    • Hellmuth Strasser: The Danube Commission - history of a successful collaboration. In: Zoltán Huszár: 2000 év a Duna mentén. Parallel title: 2000 years along the Danube. Janus Pannonius Múzeum, Pécs 2003, ISBN 963-7211-82-9 , pp. 363-374.
    • Statistical yearbook of the Danube Commission for the year… Danube Commission, Budapest 2001 (2004) -, ZDB -ID 2201807-4 .

    Web links

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ line of the Danube Commission , danubecommission.org
    2. ↑ Secretariat , danubecommission.org
    3. ^ Observer states of the Danube Commission , accessed on December 8, 2017
    4. ↑ The conversion settlement of the Danube Commission in Vienna. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt (No. 22644/1927), October 1, 1927, p. 5, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
    5. ↑ Change in the management of the Danube Commission . In: Vossische Zeitung , January 4, 1921, accessed on November 24, 2017.
    6. ^ Donautal ( memento of August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on January 28, 2011
    7. ↑ Germany before admission to the Danube Commission  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Germany / Bundestag / SPD parliamentary group from June 25, 1999, accessed on January 28, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / library.fes.de