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Switzerland – OSCE Chairpersonship 2026

Switzerland is chairing the OSCE for the third time, after 1996 and 2014. Switzerland was a founding signatory of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and a participant in the 1973 CSCE negotiations. It is represented by a Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna.

Quick facts

Capital

Bern

Swiss Chairpersonship of the OSCE website

https://www.mission-wien.eda.admin.ch/en/osce2026

Quick links

The OSCE Chairpersonship The Troika Our projects

2026 OSCE Chairman-in-Office

Federal Councillor of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis

Events

Upcoming conferences, meetings and Chairpersonship events

All events

News and activities

Press releases, media advisories and other updates

Resources

Brochure

Programme and priorities of Switzerland’s OSCE Chairpersonship 2026

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Statement / speech

Address by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, at the official launch of Switzerland's 2026 OSCE Chairpersonship

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Contact

Task Force for the Swiss OSCE Chairpersonship

Email: sts.osze-taskforce@eda.admin.ch

Press Office Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern

Email: kommunikation@eda.admin.ch

Elisa Raggi

Head of Communications, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE

Email: elisa.raggi@eda.admin.ch