- Circular Note No.1, Organizational Modalitites
- Circular Note No.2, Accreditation and Hotel Reservation
- Circular Note No.5, Notes of the Briefing on Organizational Modalities, 20 Oct 2008
- Circular Note No. 7, Accreditation and Hotel Reservation for Security Personnel
- Circular Note No.8, List of All Liaison Officers
16th OSCE Ministerial Council
Ministerial council
- Date:
- Location:
- Helsinki, Finland
- Organized by:
- Finnish 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 16th OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki:
- Decision on the appointment of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Decision on the reappointment of the OSCE Secretary General
- Decision on the periods of service of the OSCE Secretary General
- Decision on the strengthening the legal framework of the OSCE
- Decision on enhancing criminal justice responses to trafficking in human beings through a comprehensive approach
- Decision on enhancing OSCE efforts to implement the Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area
- Decision on further strengthening the rule of law in the OSCE area
- Decision on the OSCE contribution to the implementation phase of the Alliance of Civilizations initiative
- Decision on the follow-up to the Sixteenth Economic and Environmental Forum on Maritime and Inland Waterways Co-operation
- Decision on further promoting the OSCE’S action in countering terrorism
- Decision on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
- Decision on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Decision on issues relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation
- Decision on Forwarding of a Draft Agenda to the Ministerial Council
- Decision on the Recommendation to the Ministerial Council to Adopt a Decision on the Periods of Service of the OSCE Secretary General
- Decision on Forwarding of Draft of Documents to the Ministerial Council
- Ministerial Declaration on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Ministerial Declaration on the 60th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Ministerial Statement
- Joint declaration of the Foreign Ministers and Deputy Minister of France, Russia and the United States on Nagorno-Karabakh
News releases
- OSCE 'revitalized' at Helsinki Ministerial Council, high-level talks on European security to continue
- Finnish Chairman calls on OSCE ministers to strengthen Organization
- European security, Georgia top agenda of Helsinki Ministerial Council, says OSCE Chairman-in-Office