Organization For Security And Co-operation In Europe

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. In its region it is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. It has 55 participating states from Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, Central Asia and North America.

Institutions

The decision making bodies of the organization are the Summit, Ministerial Council and Senior Council, with the Permanent Council the regular decision-making body, under the leadership of the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), who holds the position for one year. For 2005, the CiO is the Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. The OSCE headquarters are located in Vienna, Austria. The Organization also has offices in Copenhagen, Geneva, The Hague, Prague and Warsaw. The OSCE employs close to 440 persons in its various Institutions. In the field, the Organization has about 750 international and 2,370 local staff.

History

The organization was established in 1973 as the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). Talks had been mooted about a European security grouping since the 1950s but the Cold War prevented any substantial progress until the talks at Dipoli in Helsinki began in November 1972. The recommendations of the talks, "The Blue Book", gave the practical foundations for a three-stage conference, the Helsinki process. The CSCE opened in Helsinki on July 3, 1973 with 35 states sending representatives. Stage I only took five days to agree to follow the Blue Book. Stage II was the main working phase and was conducted in Geneva from September 18, 1973 until July 21, 1975. the result of Stage II was the Helsinki Final Act which was signed by the 35 particpating nations during Stage III, which took place in Helsinki from July 30 to August 1, 1975. The concepts of improving relations and implementing the Act were developed over a series of follow-up meeting, with major gatherings in Belgrade (October 4, 1977 - March 8, 1978), Madrid (November 11, 1980 - September 9, 1983), and Vienna (November 4, 1986 - January 19, 1989). The collapse of Communism required a change of role for the CSCE. The Paris Charter for a New Europe which was signed on November 21, 1990 marked the beginning of this change. With the changes capped by the re-naming of the CSCE to the OSCE on January 1, 1995. In Istanbul on November 19, 1999, the OSCE ended a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security. A 43-member OSCE team helped oversee the October 9, 2004 presidential election in Afghanistan. After a group of 13 democratic US senators petitioned Secretary of State Colin Powell to have foreign election monitors oversee the 2004 US presidential election, the State Department acquiesced, and President Bush invited the OSCE to do so. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187060/posts

Structural History

The Chairman in Office for -
  • 2005: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
  • 2004: Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Solomon Passy
  • 2003: ?

Fiscal History

Budget (in Millions of Euros, not adjusted for inflation) for -
  • 2005: ?
  • 2004: 180.8
  • 2003: 165.5
  • 2002: 167.5
  • 2001: 194.5
  • 2000: 202.7
  • 1999: 146.1
  • 1998: 118.7
  • 1997: 43.3
  • 1996: 34.9
  • 1995: 18.9
  • 1994: 21
  • 1993: 12

Participating States

State>
idth=25% | Admission width=25% | Signed the Helsinki Final Act width=25% | Signed the Charter of Paris
|1991 June 19 |1991 September 16 |1991 September 17
|1996 April 25 |1999 November 10 |1998 February 17
|1992 January 30 |1992 July 8 |1992 April 17
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 July 8 |1993 December 20
|1992 January 30 |1992 February 26 |1993 April 8
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 April 30 |1992 July 8 | 
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 March 24 |1992 July 8 | 
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1993 January 1 |  | 
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1991 September 10 |1992 October 14 |1991 December 6
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 March 24 |1992 July 8 |1994 January 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 July 8 |1992 September 23
|1992 January 30 |1992 July 8 |1994 June 3
|1991 September 10 |1991 October 14 |1991 December 6
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1991 September 10 |1991 October 14 |1991 December 6
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 February 26 |1993 January 29
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|2000 November 10 |  | 
|1993 January 1 |  | 
|1992 March 24 |1992 July 8 |1993 March 8
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 February 26 |colspan=2| 
|1995 October 12 |  | 
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 July 8 | 
|1992 January 30 |1992 February 26 |1992 June 16
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1973 June 25 |1975 August 1 |1990 November 21
|1992 January 30 |1992 February 26 |1993 October 27

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