Permanent Council

The Permanent Council, one of the main regular decision-making bodies of the Organization, convenes weekly in Vienna to discuss developments in the OSCE area and to make appropriate decisions.

Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states

VIENNA, 23 June 2009 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...

Co-Chairs firmly committed to Geneva Discussions to build stability

VIENNA, 17 June 2009 - The Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions - representing the UN, OSCE and EU - made clear today that all three organizations remained both firmly committed to and involved in those discussions...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, speaking at OSCE, draws attention to security and stability

VIENNA, 4 June 2008 - The international community should find healthy compromises to keep military monitoring officers, stabilize the situation and help sides develop a respectful dialogue, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said today.

A young visitor in the Neuer Saal during the Hofburg Congress Centre Open Day, 21 September 2008. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf)

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