A regular meeting No. 2/2021 of the OSJD Committee Members was held in Warsaw on 5 March 2021 using the videoconferencing mode.

The following reports were considered and adopted by the meeting of the OSJD Committee Members within the framework of the agenda:

- on the meeting of the OSJD/UIC Joint Working Group related to the revision and migration of the joint OSJD/UIC leaflets into draft international railway solutions (IRS) (16-18 February 2021, videoconferencing mode);

- on participation in the 23rd session of the UNECE ITC Expert Group on Unified Railway Law (13-15 January 2021, Switzerland, Geneva, videoconferencing mode);

- on the meeting of the countries participating in the OSJD railway corridor No. 9: Republic of Belarus, Republic of Lithuania and Russian Federation with the invitation of Ukraine (25 January 2021, OSJD Committee, Warsaw, videoconferencing mode);

- on participation in the meeting of the UIC Working Group on NHM/DIUM (NHM/ DIUM Support Group) (27-28 January 2021, videoconferencing mode);

- on the expert meeting of the OSJD Commission on Transport Policy and Development Strategy on the subject “Directions of the strategic development of railway transport in the OSJD member countries” (OSJD Committee, 16-18 February 2021, videoconferencing mode);

- on the expert meeting of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for the development of a draft document regulating the carriage of containers as part of container trains in international traffic (OSJD Committee, 17-19 February 2021, videoconferencing mode);

- on the webinar on capacity development of the on Road and rail transport agreements in the context of the COVID-19 crisis response (Bangkok, 27-28 January 2021, videoconferencing mode).

The OSJD Committee members also considered the issues related to:

- preparation of meeting XXXVI of the Conference of General Directors (Authorised Representatives) of the OSJD railways and session XLIX of the OSJD Ministerial Conference;

- events to mark the 65th anniversary of the OSJD foundation;

- changes in the composition of the Editorial Board of the OSJD Bulletin journal;

- an initiative of the Russian Railways OJSC to establish the Best Train international railway award.

The meeting participants were informed that as part of the work carried out to popularise the 65th anniversary of the OSJD foundation, in issue 1/2021 of the OSJD Bulletin journal, an article prepared by the Chairman of the OSJD Committee dwelling on the key points in the 65-year history of the Organisation was published, appropriate mobile stands were also prepared, information and materials on the significant OSJD anniversary for publication in various specialised transport newspapers and journals publications of the OSJD member countries were dispatched.

The draft content of the booklet/brochure was also approved for publication in the first half of 2021, which will be dedicated to the 65th OSJD anniversary.

After discussion, the meeting of the OSJD Committee Members coordinated the draft OSJD Committee Budget and the “Report on OSJD Activities for 2020” with their further submission to the OSJD governing bodies for consideration and approval.