Event archive

The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s…

From 12 to 28 November, over 400 participants took part in the third Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, which aimed to foster compliance of individual States with OSCE commitments by reviewing their human rights records.

The participating States approved mandates for both the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.

Franz Vranitzky, Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office and the OSCE's main trouble-shooter in Albania, bade farewell to the country in a two-day visit.

As of this day, the former warring Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed over six thousand weapons, bringing down their holdings to balanced levels and thereby helping to prevent the recurrence of armed conflict.

From 14-17 October, some 200 representatives from the OSCE, governments, parliaments and non-governmental organizations from across the OSCE region met to discuss women's participation in society.

The first meeting on "Peace, National Accord and the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan" took place in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Commission on National Reconciliation (CNR) and the OSCE.

The Seminar on Co-operation among International Organizations and Institutions: Experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina gave the international community an opportunity to compare notes on commitments in BiH in security, economic and human…

From 28 September to 1 October, the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, visited the country in the aftermath of demonstrations that took place in Gostivar in July.

High-level representatives from across the OSCE region met in Vienna to discuss progress in implementing the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military aspects of Security.