OSCE Secretary General to visit Andorra, hold lecture and hold press conference

VIENNA, 26 July 2022 - OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Andorra on 27 July to meet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maria Ubach Font and other high-level officials and host the youth event “Debating Perspectives 20-30 Roadshow in Andorra”. She will also hold a press conference together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at 15:40.

The Secretary General is travelling to Andorra to engage in policy discussions with Andorran youth representatives attending the “OSCE Debating Perspectives 20-30 Roadshow”. The event is part of a series of national and regional consultations aimed at giving young women and men a voice in decision-making processes and in the promotion of international security. In 2020-2021, consultations were held with youth from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Liechtenstein and Central Asia, reaching more than 200 young women and men. Key recommendations will be published in a policy paper that will provide decision-makers with a youth perspective on how to address challenges to security in areas such as human rights, energy and the environment, rule of law, education, and new technologies.  

As part of the event, the Secretary General will give a public lecture on European security challenges and the role of the OSCE. The session will be moderated by H.E. Mr. Jaume Serra, Ambassador of Andorra to the OSCE. 

As part of the visit, Schmid will also meet the Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra, Xavier Espot Zamora; Minister of Social Affairs, Youth and Equality, Judith Pallarés Cortés; and Minister of Education and Higher Education, Ester Vilarrubla Escales, as well as the Andorran Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

For media inquiries, please contact perspectives2030@osce.org.