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21st OSCE Ministerial Council
Ministerial council
- Date:
- Location:
- Basel, Switzerland
- Organized by:
- Swiss OSCE Chairmanship
- Series:
- Ministerial Council meetings
- Source:
- Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Chairpersonship
About
Final Decisions and Declarations
The following final decisions and declarations were adopted at the 2014 OSCE Ministerial Council:
- Declaration on further steps in the Helsinki+40 Process
- Ministerial statement on the negotiations on the Transdniestrian Settlement Process in the "5+2"format
- Declaration on youth
- Declaration on the Transfer of Ownership to the Parties to the Agreement on Sub-regional Arms Control, Annex 1B, Article IV of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Declaration on the OSCE role in countering the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters in the context of the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014)
- Declaration on the OSCE role in countering kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups in the context of the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 2133 (2014)
- Decision on the prevention of corruption
- Decision on enhancing disaster risk reduction
- Decision on preventing and combating violence against women
- Decision on an addendum to the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality
- Ministerial commemorative declaration on the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War
- Declaration on enhancing efforts to combat anti-Semitism
- Declaration on co-operation with the Mediterranean Partners
- Ministerial declaration on co-operation with the Asian Partners
- Decision on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
- Commemorative Declaration on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
- Decision on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2016
- Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2017
- Decision on the appointment of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Decision on the extension of the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General
News releases
- OSCE proves its value and ability as a forum for dialogue, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter as Basel Ministerial Council ends
- Summary by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter of the first day of discussions at the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Commemorative Publication marks 20 years of key OSCE document on promoting democratic control of armed and security forces
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia take ownership of regional arms control, Dayton Peace Agreement Article IV Annex 1/B: Mission accomplished
- Ukraine in focus as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter opens 21st Ministerial Council in Basel
- Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
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21st Ministerial Council