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Photo 1 of 92Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 2 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou addresses the closing session of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 3 of 92Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Liechtenstein's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 4 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE CiO George Papandreou is pictured on screen during the troika press conference of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 5 of 92Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 6 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou shakes hands with Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev at the final press conference of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 7 of 92Antonio Milososki, Foreign Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, speaks with the media during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/Velimir Alic) -
Photo 8 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou shakes hands with Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev at the final press conference of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 9 of 92Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 10 of 92Gregory Vashadze, Georgia's Foreign Minister, speaks to journalists during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/Velimir Alic) -
Photo 11 of 92ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic speaks to journalists during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 12 of 92Ambassador Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Mongolia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 13 of 92Journalists at work in the press centre at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/Velimir Alic) -
Photo 14 of 92Ireland's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 15 of 92The closing session under way at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 16 of 92Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Paet (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 17 of 92Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, speaking with the media during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 18 of 92OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (r) with Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 19 of 92Greek President Karolos Papoulias (c), is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (r) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (l) at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 20 of 92Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 21 of 92Jean Asselborn (l), Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign Affairs, with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 22 of 92The Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (l), is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 23 of 92Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, speaking with the media during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 24 of 92Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 25 of 92Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Sarbaev Kadyrbek Telmanovich (l) with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 26 of 92The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's FM Antonio Milososki is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE CiO George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 Dec 2009. (OSCE) -
Photo 27 of 92Thailand's Ambassador Nongnuth Phetcharatana is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 28 of 92Malta's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Anthony Borg is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE CiO George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 Dec 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 29 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou shows the Acropolis to ministers attending the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 30 of 92Norway's State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elisabeth Walaas is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 31 of 92Iceland's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Ambassador Stefan Skjaldarson arriving at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 32 of 92Croatia's Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 33 of 92Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries meet with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the sidelines of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 34 of 92The ministers pose for a family photo at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 35 of 92The ministers gather for a family photo during a tour of the Acropolis museum in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 36 of 92Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (l) is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 37 of 92Georgia's Foreign Minister Gregory Vashadze (l) is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 38 of 92Montenegro's Foreign Minister Milan Rocen is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 39 of 92San Marino's Foreign Minister Antonella Mularoni (l) with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 40 of 92US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg addresses the first plenary session of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 41 of 92Statues at the Acropolis museum in Athens during a tour by the OSCE ministers, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 42 of 92Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. Kazkhstan will chair the OSCE in 2010. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 43 of 92Poland's Under Secretary of State Grazyna Bernatowicz addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 44 of 92Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 45 of 92Tunisia's Secretary of State Abdelhafidh Harguem (l) with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 46 of 92The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Maxime Verhagen (l), is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 47 of 92Taking a souvenir photo during the ministers' tour of the Acropolis museum in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 48 of 92Opening of the first plenary session of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 49 of 92Germany's Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Werner Hoyer, addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 50 of 92Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 51 of 92Denmark's Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller (l), with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 52 of 92Tajikistan's Foreign Minister, Hamrokhon Zarifi (l), is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 53 of 92Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (l) is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 54 of 92Ambassador Esen Aydogdyev (l), Turkmenistan's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 55 of 92Ian Cliff, Head of the UK delegation to the OSCE, addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 56 of 92Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe and former OSCE Secretary General, is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 57 of 92Jordan's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Ambassador Makram Queisi (c) arriving at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 58 of 92The 17th OSCE Ministerial Council under way in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 59 of 92ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, speaking with the media during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 60 of 92Canada's Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Yves Brodeur (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 61 of 92Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maris Riekstins (l), with Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009 (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 62 of 92Ambassador Lars-Eric Lundin of the European Commission at the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 63 of 92Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 64 of 92Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Ambassador Abdul Shoogufan arriving at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 65 of 92France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to journalists at a press briefing during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 66 of 92The Acropolis museum in Athens is built on an archaeological site, showcasing Byzantine and Roman ruins that symbolize the history of the city, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 67 of 92Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 68 of 92Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the plenary at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 69 of 92Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 70 of 92Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 71 of 92OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Eva Biaudet is interviewed by a Kazakh journalist at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 72 of 92Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn in front of a Caryatid during a tour of the New Acropolis Museum by the OSCE ministers, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 73 of 92Cyprus's Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou is greeted by Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 74 of 92Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb speaks to journalists at a press briefing during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) -
Photo 75 of 92Albania's Foreign Minister Ilir Meta (l) is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 76 of 92Monaco's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Ambassador Claude Giordan (r) arriving at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 77 of 92The entrance to the venue of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/Graham Patterson) -
Photo 78 of 92Andorra's Foreign Minister Xavier Espot Miro is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 79 of 92Greek Prime Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou (l), with President Karolos Papoulias (c) and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (r), addresses the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 80 of 92Korea's Ambassador Yoon-joe Shim is greeted by Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas at the opening of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 1 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 81 of 92The press centre at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, which takes place in Athens on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 82 of 92Preparations are under way for the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, which takes place in Athens on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 83 of 92A policeman at the entrance to the venue of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, which takes place in Athens on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 84 of 92The entrance to the venue of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, which takes place in Athens on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 85 of 92The venue of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, which takes place in Athens on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 86 of 92Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas speaks at a press conference ahead of the opening of the Ministerial Council, Athens, 30 November 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 87 of 92Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas speaks at a press conference ahead of the opening of the Ministerial Council, Athens, 30 November 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 88 of 92US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol gives a press briefing ahead of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 30 November 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) -
Photo 89 of 92OSCE and Greek flags in the plenary hall prior to the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, 30 November 2009. (OSCE/Graham Patterson) -
Photo 90 of 92A woman sells balloons in central Athens, 29 November 2009. (OSCE/Velimir Alic) -
Photo 91 of 92The moon rises over buildings in the Greek capital Athens, which is hosting the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council on 1-2 December 2009. (OSCE/Graham Patterson) -
Photo 92 of 92The Acropolis hill in Athens with the ruins of the Parthenon symbolic of Greece's long history. Greece holds the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009. (Greek National Tourism Organisation)
