Summits / Ministerial Councils

Summits are periodic meetings of Heads of State or Government of OSCE participating States that set priorities at the highest political level. During periods between summits, decision-making and governing power lies with the Ministerial Council.
Shimba Kazuya, Japan's Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking during a meeting of OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, 7 December 2012.

OSCE Troika meets with Asian Partners

The OSCE Troika of the current, preceding and future Chairmanships met on 7 December 2012 with high-level representatives from the Asian Partner countries on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin
Joe Costello (c), Minister of State from the Irish Foreign Ministry, in discussion before a Troika meeting with OSCE Mediterranean Partner countries, held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, 7 December 2012.

OSCE Troika meets with Mediterranean Partners

Joe Costello, Minister of State from the Irish Foreign Ministry, opened a Troika meeting with the OSCE Mediterranean Partner countries held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin on 7 December 2012...

Dublin OSCE Ministerial Council opens with calls to strengthen work on security community, including on human rights

DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – Foreign ministers and top officials from the 57 OSCE participating States heard calls for further efforts to create a security community based on shared values at the opening of the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin today...
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, formally closes the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 7 December 2011.

Vilnius Ministerial Council concludes with decisions to strengthen responses to conflicts and transnational threats, engagement with Afghanistan and other Partner countries

VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, highlighted the progress achieved at the Vilnius Ministerial Council and urged the 56 OSCE participating States to build on the decisions taken and address the challenges raised at the meeting, which concluded today...
From left: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis; Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania; Rytis Paulauskas, Head of the Lithuanian Chairmanship Task Force, at the OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.

OSCE Ministerial Council opens with call to address transnational threats, protracted conflicts, strengthen engagement with partners

VILNIUS, 6 December 2011 – Ensuring security in the OSCE region requires further efforts to tackle transnational threats, prevent and resolve conflicts, and engage meaningfully with partners in the Mediterranean and Asia, foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius today...
The 18th Ministerial Council will be held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.

OSCE Ministerial Council to meet in Vilnius on 6-7 December

VILNIUS, 18 October 2011 – The 18th OSCE Ministerial Council will take place on 6 and 7 December in Vilnius...
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