The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has also taken a strong stand against the Belarusian dictator. As the Final Report of its 2004 mission to observe the Belarusian parliamentary elections clearly stated, the vote fell significantly short of OSCE commitments.

OSCE Counter Terrorism Action

Ms. Angela Koenig OSCE

In its capacity as a participating State of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE previously Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, CSCE), Belarus accepted additional international commitments.

What opportunities do you see for the OSCE and its expertise outside of the OSCE region?

Jaroslaw Pietrusiewicz (OSCE Secretariat, Poland)

Jablanica Briefing by UNHCR, OSCE

The OSCE Minsk Group Fact Finding Mission has officially presented its report to the OSCE Permanent Council.

Striving to avoid duplication of efforts and foster complementarity, the OSCE regularly inventories all OSCE and non OSCE counter terrorism, border security and law enforcement programmes in the region.

At the request of OSCE, UNMIBH in April 1998 nominated its representatives to the OSCE Media Expert Commission.

The OSCE is doing its part.

Summary of OSCE counter terrorism activities

OSCE background paper 2004 1, sect.

Mr. Craig Jennesse Legal Adviser, OSCE

Ms. Larisa Gabriel OSCE, Banja Luka

Meeting with lawyers organized by OSCE

Mr. Roland de Rosserne OSCE, Jablanica

Ms. Maria T. Vardis OSCE, Jablanica

You mentioned the success of the OSCE election teams sent to Afghanistan and to the Palestinian Authority and said that the OSCE could develop its relations beyond the OSCE region even further.

The political commitments framework is comprised by decisions taken by OSCE bodies, such as the Plan of Action (Bucharest 2001) and the Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism (Porto 2002), as well as various specific decisions adopted by Ministerial Meetings in Maastricht (2003) and Sofia (2004) and by the OSCE Permanent Council and Forum for Security Co operation.

3.2 (hereinafter OSCE background paper 2004 1).

See OSCE, background paper 2004 1, sect.

See OSCE background paper 2004 1, sect.

OSCE background paper 2004 1, p. 25.

OSCE background paper 2004 1, p. 35.

OSCE background paper 2004 1, p. 47.

Robert H. Frowick Head of OSCE Mission

Ms. Barbara Davis Head of OSCE, Vukovar

Edward Joseph Director, OSCE Regional Centre, Mostar

Mr. Goncho Ganchev OSCE Head of Office

Ms. Rumiana Decheva Head of OSCE office

ODIHR is an OSCE Institution in Warsaw, while ATU, CPC, OCEEA and SPMU are parts of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna.

Second, given that the risk of conflict is greatest in Ukraine s Russophone east, an OSCE mission should be deployed there to ensure stability, security, and respect for minorities, and to condemn, if necessary, violations of specified commitments.

For example, ECE plays a leading role in the review of implementation of OSCE commitments in the economic and environmental dimension, as set forth in the memorandum of understanding signed between the two organizations in December 2004.

the commitments undertaken in the field of the human dimension of the OSCE are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned .

The OSCE presence in Albania continues to be an excellent example of OSCE apos s ability to cooperate with international organizations. OSCE continues, for the second year now, to offer a flexible coordination framework for the other organizations present in that country. Recently the OSCE has been able to go a step further.

Mongolia is now an OSCE Partner for Cooperation.

Summary of OSCE counter terrorism technical assistance programmes

Report of the OSCE Fact Finding Mission (FFM)

Report of the OSCE Fact Finding Mission (FFM)

See OSCE background paper 2004 1, p. 44.

OSCE decision No. 3 04, 7 December 2004.

OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Judge Fynn Lyngham Electoral Appeals Sub Commission, OSCE

Albertus Nooij Head of OSCE Mission in Croatia