2014 Annual Security Review Conference

The Annual Security Review Conference provides a framework for enhancing security dialogue and for reviewing security work undertaken by the OSCE and its participating States, to provide an opportunity to exchange views on issues related to arms control and confidence- and security-building measures, and to promote the exchange of information and co-operation with relevant international and regional organizations and institutions.

This page will be regularly updated with public documents and updates from the conference.

WATCH the opening session of the 2014 Annual Security Review Conference:

READ the address by Didier Burkhalter, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

READ the address by Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

READ the opening remarks by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General.

WATCH the press conference by Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter:

Latest News

Swiss Chair discusses next steps in implementing peace plan and calls for reconsolidating European security during visit in Vienna
VIENNA, 24 June, 2014 - Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter, held several bilateral talks regarding the situation in Ukraine at the margins of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference today in Vienna. Read more >>

Ukraine crisis tops agenda of OSCE annual conference in Vienna
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – Strengthening the OSCE’s role in existing conflicts – particularly Ukraine – tops the agenda at the Organization’s annual security review conference starting in Vienna today, with discussions also covering military stability and transparency, transnational threats and Afghanistan. Read more >>

Burkhalter: For the peace plan to work in Ukraine, need commitment of separatist groups to choose path of dialogue, lay down weapons

— OSCE (@OSCE) June 24, 2014

Dačić: need to focus on reconsolidating European security as common project, strengthening OSCE as an anchor of co-op security .@SerbianGov

— OSCE (@OSCE) June 24, 2014

What is on the agenda of the ASRC 2014?

LISTEN: interview with Ambassador Thomas Greminger about the Annual Security Review Conference 2014.

Participants of the three-day event will discuss conflict prevention and resolution, and how OSCE’s capacities and effectiveness can be strengthened on all stages of the conflict cycle.

The current situation in arms control in Europe has had a negative impact on security and led to an erosion of trust and confidence in the military field across the OSCE area. Challenges and opportunities in the areas of arms control and confidence- and security-building measures will be another key theme in the conference.

READ about arms control issues in the latest issue of the OSCE Security Community Magazine.

WATCH a video on arms control: Wolfgang Richter, Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, provides a comprehensive analysis of the current arms control framework and its historical context.

Transnational threats and challenges as well as implications of the ongoing transition in Afghanistan for the OSCE area as a whole as for Central Asia in particular will be topics of Working sessions III and IV. Download the detailed programme for more details. 

LISTEN: what can OSCE do to support Central Asia and Afghanistan during the transition period.