2. With a view to strengthening the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the annual review of the Memorandum shall consider the following: a. whether any revision to the Memorandum is needed; b. whether any changes are needed to the working arrangements, so that this Memorandum is put into practice effectively; c. priorities for working together in the upcoming year; 3. This Memorandum supersedes previous agreements with the same purpose and object between Signatory Parties. 4. This Memorandum may be amended at any time by agreement of the Signatory Parties; 5. Any disagreements over the interpretation and/or application of this Memorandum shall be settled amicably through consultations among the Signatory Parties; 6. This Memorandum does not prevent non-signatory nongovernmental human rights organizations actively working in the Kyrgyz Republic from entering into similar agreements with government bodies; 7. Interested non-governmental organizations actively working in the sphere of human rights protection may request to become signatories to this Memorandum; 8. Non-governmental human rights organizations wishing to become signatories to this Memorandum shall submit a written request to this effect to any partner civil society organization, which then shall duly transmit the requests to other Signatory Parties for approval; 9. If no Signatory Party raises an objection within ten working days from the day of the receipt of a request to become a Signatory of this Memorandum, the requesting nongovernmental human rights organization shall become a signatory party to this Memorandum; 10. No provision of this Memorandum shall be deemed a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the OSCE and/or its staff. Article 5 1. The Signatory Parties assign their Special Representatives, who shall be authorized to represent the Parties on issues relating to the implementation of this Memorandum. 2. The Special Representatives of Government Bodies are: a. The Institution of the Akyikatchy (Ombudsman) of the Kyrgyz Republic – Mr. Niyazaly Bekberdinov, Head of the Department of Monitoring and Analysis of Human Rights; b. The Prosecutor General’s Office – Mr. Aymambetov Shayloobek and Mr. Malayev Almaz, Deputy Prosecutors for the oversight of legality in the penitentiary institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic; 89

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