Porto Ministerial Council

OSCE Ministerial Council ended with the adoption of a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, Porto, 7 December 2002. (OSCE/Alfredo Cunha)
OSCE Ministerial Council ended with the adoption of a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, Porto, 7 December 2002. (OSCE/Alfredo Cunha)

When: 6 December 2002

Where: Porto

The Ministers instructed the Permanent Council and the Forum for Security Co-operation to continue work on developing a comprehensive OSCE strategy to address threats to security and stability in the 21st century.

In the Porto Ministerial Declaration "Responding to Change", ministers committed themselves to working together to protect their peoples from existing and emerging threats to security.