-
Our work
-
Fields of work
- Arms control
- Border management
- Combating trafficking in human beings
- Conflict prevention and resolution
- Countering terrorism
- Cyber/ICT Security
- Democratization
- Economic activities
- Education
- Elections
- Environmental activities
- Gender equality
- Good governance
- Human rights
- Media freedom and development
- Migration
- National minority issues
- Policing
- Reform and co-operation in the security sector
- Roma and Sinti
- Rule of law
- Tolerance and non-discrimination
- Youth
- Field operations
- Projects
-
Meetings and conferences
- Summit meetings
- Review Conferences
- Ministerial Council meetings
- Plenary meetings of the Permanent Council
- Plenary Meetings of the Forum for Security Co-operation
- Security Review Conferences
- Annual Implementation Assessment Meetings
- Economic and Environmental Forum
- Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meetings
- Human rights meetings
- Media conferences
- Cyber/ICT security conferences
- Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
- Gender Equality Review Conferences
- Annual OSCE Mediterranean conferences
- Annual OSCE Asian conferences
- Partnerships
-
Fields of work
-
Countries
- All
-
Participating States
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland – OSCE Chairpersonship 2025
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- The Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Asian Partners for Co-operation
- Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation
-
Structures and institutions
- Chairpersonship
-
Secretariat
- Secretary General
- Office of the Secretary General
- Conflict Prevention Centre
- Transnational Threats Department
- Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
- Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
- Gender Issues Programme
- Opportunities for Youth
- Department of Human Resources
- Department of Management and Finance
- Office of Internal Oversight
- Documentation Centre in Prague
- Institutions
-
Field operations
- Presence in Albania
- Centre in Ashgabat
- Programme Office in Astana
- Programme Office in Bishkek
- Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Programme Office in Dushanbe
- Mission in Kosovo
- Mission to Moldova
- Mission to Montenegro
- Mission to Serbia
- Mission to Skopje
- Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
- Closed field activities
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
- Organizational structure
- About us
Press release
OSCE appoints Head of Kosovo Verification Mission
- Date:
- Place:
- WARSAW
- Source:
- OSCE Chairpersonship, OSCE Chairpersonship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
WARSAW, 17 October 1998 - The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister Bronislaw Geremek, appointed today Ambassador William Graham Walker of the United States as Head of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission.
Ambassador Walker has had a distinguished 37-year career in the Foreign Service, serving as Ambassador to El Salvador from 1988-92 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State from 1985-88. He also held diplomatic assignments in Bolivia, Honduras, Brazil, Japan and Peru. Most recently, he served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General as head of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slovonia (UNTAES), in Croatia.
In his letter, Mr. Geremek wrote that this appointment would offer Ambassador Walker a "unique opportunity to contribute to peace and political stability in the Balkans."
Ambassador Walker has had a distinguished 37-year career in the Foreign Service, serving as Ambassador to El Salvador from 1988-92 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State from 1985-88. He also held diplomatic assignments in Bolivia, Honduras, Brazil, Japan and Peru. Most recently, he served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General as head of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slovonia (UNTAES), in Croatia.
In his letter, Mr. Geremek wrote that this appointment would offer Ambassador Walker a "unique opportunity to contribute to peace and political stability in the Balkans."