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It therefore addresses a wide range of security-related concerns, including arms control, confidence- and security-building measures, human rights, national minorities, democratization, policing strategies, counter-terrorism and economic and environmental activities. All 57 participating States enjoy equal status, and decisions are taken by consensus on a politically, but not legally binding basis.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KRYMwpQ44X0" width="560"></iframe></p>  </div> </aside> <aside class="osce-box whatis-component-how osce-box-style-white osce-box-collapse-never osce-box-gridlayout-nogrid osce-box-custom osce-box-custom" id="how"> <header class="osce-box-header"> <h2 class="osce-box-title"><span>How we work</span></h2> </header> <div class="osce-box-content "> <p>Originally setu up during the cold war as an east-west forum, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe now monitors security, democracy and freedoms. ARTICLE 19 supports OSCE to ensure that their work on human rights, elections and freedom of the press is effective.</p> </div> </aside> <aside class="osce-box whatis-component-ontheground osce-box-style-white osce-box-collapse-never osce-box-gridlayout-nogrid osce-box-panels_mini osce-box-whatis_on_the_ground" id="ontheground"> <header class="osce-box-header"> <h2 class="osce-box-title"><span>On the ground</span></h2> </header> <div class="osce-box-content "> <div class="panel-pane pane-custom pane-3 whatis-ontheground-participating-states" > <h2 class="pane-title"><span>Participating States and Partners for Co-operation</span></h2> <div class="pane-content"> <p>The Organization comprises 57 participating States that span the globe, encompassing three continents - North America, Europe and Asia - and more than a billion people. </p> <div class="participating-states-a"> <h3>The OSCE has 57 participating States from Europe, Central Asia and North America:</h3> <ul> <li>Albania</li> <li>Andorra</li> <li>Armenia</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Azerbaijan</li> <li>Belarus</li> <li>Belgium</li> <li>Bosnia and Herzegovina</li> <li>Bulgaria</li> <li>Canada</li> <li>Croatia</li> <li>Cyprus</li> <li>Czech Republic</li> <li>Denmark</li> <li>Estonia</li> <li>Finland</li> <li>France</li> <li>Georgia</li> <li>Germany</li> <li>Greece</li> <li>Holy See</li> <li>Hungary</li> <li>Iceland</li> <li>Ireland</li> <li>Italy</li> <li>Kazakhstan</li> <li>Kyrgyzstan</li> <li>Latvia</li> <li>Liechtenstein</li> <li>Lithuania</li> <li>Luxembourg</li> <li>Malta</li> <li>Moldova</li> <li>Monaco</li> <li>Mongolia</li> <li>Montenegro</li> <li>Netherlands</li> <li>North Macedonia</li> <li>Norway</li> <li>Poland</li> <li>Portugal</li> <li>Romania</li> <li>Russian Federation</li> <li>San Marino</li> <li>Serbia</li> <li>Slovakia</li> <li>Slovenia</li> <li>Spain</li> <li>Sweden</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Tajikistan</li> <li>Turkey</li> <li>Turkmenistan</li> <li>Ukraine</li> <li>United Kingdom</li> <li>United States of America</li> <li>Uzbekistan</li> </ul> </div> <div class="participating-states-b"> <h3>Asian Partners for Co-operation:</h3> <ul> <li>Afghanistan</li> <li>Australia</li> <li>Japan</li> <li>Republic of Korea</li> <li>Thailand</li> </ul> </div> <div class="participating-states-c"> <h3>Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation:</h3> <ul> <li>Algeria</li> <li>Egypt</li> <li>Israel</li> <li>Jordan</li> <li>Morocco</li> <li>Tunisia</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-whatis-locations whatis-ontheground-locations" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-whatis-locations view-id-whatis_locations view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-locations-default"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/204851">OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Warsaw</strong><br /> Staff: <strong>79 international, 67 local </strong>(including 17 working under extrabudgetary projects)*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 16,394,000 </strong>(Unified budget), <strong>EUR 3,197,117</strong> (Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides support, assistance and expertise to participating States and civil society to promote democracy, rule of law, human rights and tolerance and non-discrimination. ODIHR observes elections, reviews legislation and advises governments on how to develop and sustain democratic institutions. The Office conducts training programmes for government and law-enforcement officials and non-governmental organizations on how to uphold, promote and monitor human rights.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Institutions and Structures</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/204951">Secretariat</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Vienna</strong><br /> Staff: <strong>416</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 40,873,800 </strong>(Unified budget), <strong>EUR 6,099,847</strong> (Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)* </p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>Under the direction of the Secretary General, the Secretariat provides operational support to the Organization. Based in Vienna, it also comprises the <a href="https://www.osce.org/documentation-centre-in-prague">OSCE Documentation Centre in Prague</a>.</p> <p>The Secretariat consists of administrative and programmatic departments and units focused on conflict prevention, economic and environmental activities, co-operation with Partner countries and organizations, gender equality, anti-trafficking, as well as transnational threats, including anti-terrorism, border management and policing reform. They monitor trends, provide expert analysis and implement projects in the field.</p> <p>The Secretariat assists the OSCE Chairmanship; supports OSCE field activities; maintains contacts with international and non-governmental organizations, and provides conference, language, administrative, financial, personnel and information technology services.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.osce.org/secretariat" 0="a:0:{}">Link to Secretariat page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Secretariat and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Institutions and Structures</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/204971">OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Vienna</strong><br /> Staff: <strong>17</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 1,608,800 </strong>(Unified budget), <strong>EUR 257,623</strong> (Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Representative’s activities can be divided into two groups: observing media developments as part of an early warning function and helping participating States abide by their commitments to freedom of expression and free media. This includes efforts to ensure the safety of journalists; assist with the development of media pluralism; promote decriminalization of defamation; combat hate speech while preserving freedom of expression; provide expert opinions on media regulation and legislation; promote Internet freedom; and assist with the process of switching from analogue to digital broadcasting. The Representative also holds annual regional media conferences, bringing together journalists, representatives of civil society and government, as well as academics, to discuss current media freedom issues.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/fom" 0="a:0:{}">Link to Representative on Freedom of the Media page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Secretariat and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Institutions and Structures</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205041">OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>The Hague</strong><br /> Staff: <strong>20 international, 12 local </strong>(including 5 under extrabudgetary projects)*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR</strong> <strong>3,504,000 </strong>(Unified budget), <strong>EUR 721,440</strong> (Extrabudgetary actual expenditure*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) gets involved in a situation if, in his judgement, there are tensions involving national minorities which could develop into a conflict. Much of the day-to-day work is in identifying and addressing causes of ethnic tensions and conflicts. The High Commissioner addresses the short-term triggers of inter-ethnic tension or conflict and long-term structural concerns. If a participating State is not meeting its political commitments or international norms, the High Commissioner will assist by providing analysis and recommendations. Based on experience, the HCNM publishes thematic Recommendations and Guidelines that give advice on common challenges and best practice. The HCNM also provides structural support through small collaborative projects that aim to achieve sustainability through increasing local ownership.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.osce.org/hcnm" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the High Commissioner on National Minorities page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Institutions and Structures</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205046">Parliamentary Assembly</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br /> President: <strong>Margareta Cederfelt</strong><strong> </strong>(Sweden) since 2021<br /> Secretary General: <strong>Roberto Montella </strong>(Italy) since 2016<br /> Staff: <strong>32</strong> (including 8 research assistants)*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR </strong><strong>3,643,000</strong>*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The PA activities are channelled into the three OSCE dimensions through three General Committees. The committees work on the preparation of a Final Declaration, adopted yearly at the Annual Session, which guides the Organization’s priorities and future activities. The PA provides political leadership to OSCE election observation, engages in parliamentary diplomacy and has been actively involved in the Helsinki +40 process, organizing a series of seminars examining the past, present and future of the Organization in partnership with prominent think tanks.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.oscepa.org/" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Parliamentary Assembly page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Parliamentary Assembly</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Institutions and Structures</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205051">Presence in Albania</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Tirana</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco</strong> (Italy) since 2020<br /> Staff:<strong> 17 international, 73 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 2,981,200 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 610,876 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Presence’s activities range from arms control and the fight against trafficking to electoral assistance; anti-corruption initiatives; gender mainstreaming and environmental projects; human rights protection; legislative, judicial, and media reform; and the capacity-building of law enforcement officials.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/albania" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Presence in Albania page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Presence in Albania</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205056">Centre in Ashgabat</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Ashgabat</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Natalya Drozd </strong>(Belarus) since 2016<br /> Staff: <strong>6 international, 23 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 1,661,200 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 164,580 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p><strong> </strong>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Centre works on security issues, including arms control; border management; the fight against terrorism; trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; economic and environmental topics; human rights, good governance, and rule of law issues; elections; and media freedom.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/ashgabat" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Centre in Ashgabat page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Centre in Ashgabat</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205061">Programme Office in Astana</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Astana</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Volker Frobarth</strong><strong> </strong>(Germany) since 2021<br /> Staff: <strong>6 international, 22 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 2,232,700 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 39,629 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The OSCE Programme Office in Astana works on security issues, including arms control; border management; the fight against terrorism; trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; economic and environmental topics; human rights and rule of law issues; and media freedom.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/programme-office-in-astana" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Programme Office in Astana page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Programme Office in Astana</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205066">Programme Office in Bishkek</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Bishkek</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Alexey Rogov</strong> (Russia) since 2021<br /> Staff: <strong>13 international, 110 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 6,811,000 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 600,531 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The work of the Programme Office focuses on a range of security issues: from countering terrorism, border security and transnational threats such as human trafficking, to developing the country’s regions, strengthening efforts to combat corruption on all levels, as well as supporting the reform of the justice sector, implementation of election reform, gender equality and building open and resilient societies.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/bishkek" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Programme Office in Bishkek page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Programme Office in Bishkek</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205076">Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Sarajevo</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec</strong> (United States) since 2019<br /> Staff: <strong>34 international, 281 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 11,682,000 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 838,835 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Mission includes a network of nine field offices and has six policy and programmatic elements: education; human rights; rule of law; gender equality; democratic governance; and security co-operation.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/bih" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205086">Mission in Kosovo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Prishtinë/Priština</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Jan Braathu </strong>(Norway) since 2016<br /> Staff: <strong> 117</strong> <strong>international, 387 local</strong>* <br /> Field presences include five regional centres and offices–<strong>Gjilan/Gnjilane, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Pejë/Pec, Prishtinë/Priština, and Prizren</strong> – as well as more than <strong>30 field teams </strong>covering all municipalities throughout Kosovo.<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 17,462,600 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 267,244 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Mission carries out activities in the following three main areas: human and community rights monitoring and promotion, support to democratic institutions and good governance, and public safety and security. It works with central and municipal institutions in developing a democratic and multi-ethnic society where the rights of all communities are protected. In implementing its mandate, the Mission engages in a number of activities including promoting gender equality and civic participation; training of judicial personnel, the Kosovo Police and public administrators and providing electoral support.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/kosovo" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission in Kosovo page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission in Kosovo</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205091">Mission to Moldova</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Chişinău</strong><br /> Field offices: <strong>Tiraspol, Bender</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Claus Neukirch</strong> (Germany) since 2018<br /> Staff: <strong>13 international, 40 local</strong>* <br /> Budget: <strong>EUR</strong> <strong>2,302,700 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 835,106 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitates a comprehensive and lasting political settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict in all its aspects, strengthening the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognized borders with a special status for Transdniestria. Since 2012, all 57 OSCE participating States have endorsed these principles of the final settlement in annual Ministerial Council Statements.</p> <p>To promote the achievement of the Transdniestrian settlement, the Mission also pursues a range of other activities outlined in its mandate. The details of the Mission’s mandate can be found here: <a href="https://www.osce.org/moldova/41137">full mandate</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/moldova" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission to Moldova page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission to Moldova</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205096">Mission to Montenegro</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Podgorica</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Dominique Waag </strong>(France) since 2021<br /> Staff: <strong>9 international, 23 local</strong>*<br /> Budget:  <strong>EUR 2,152,100 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 2,268 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The OSCE Mission to Montenegro provides assistance to the host country to institute reforms, and in further strengthening democratic development in line with the OSCE’s commitments and principles. In line with its mandate, the Mission works with the national and local authorities, civil society and the media in the following areas: election administration reform, parliamentary reform, combatting corruption and organized crime, judicial reform, law enforcement and security sector reform, strengthening human and minority rights, building media professionalism, promoting economic development and environmental protection.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/montenegro" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission to Montenegro page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission to Montenegro</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205101">Mission to Serbia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Belgrade</strong><br /> Field office in <strong>Bujanovac </strong>and Training Facility Centre in <strong>Novi Pazar</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Jan Braathu</strong> (Norway) since 2020<br /> Staff: <strong>22 international, 102 local</strong>*<br /> Budget:  <strong>EUR 6,258,600 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 744,572 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>To help Serbia build strong, independent, accountable and effective democratic institutions, the Mission works with government institutions, civil society and the media in the areas of rule of law and human rights; law enforcement; democratization; and media development. It also works with other Missions in the region on joint projects and initiatives.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/serbia" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission to Serbia page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission to Serbia</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205106">Mission to Skopje</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Skopje</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Clemens Koja </strong>(Austria) since 2018<br /> Staff: <strong>38 international, 116 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 6,506,100 </strong>(Unified budget)<strong>, EUR 531,623 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Mission’s key priorities are advancing constructive inter-ethnic relations and supporting the further implementation of the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement and its essential pillars: anti-discrimination, education, decentralization, equitable representation, smaller communities and the use of languages. It works with authorities to implement reforms in areas such as elections, democratic policing, local governance and the judiciary. The Mission monitors and conducts regular visits to local communities and maintains a communication network with political representatives, civil society members, religious leaders and law enforcement officials.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/skopje" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Mission to Skopje</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Mission to Skopje</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205116">Programme Office in Dushanbe</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Dushanbe</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Valeriu Chiveri</strong> (Moldova) since 2019<br /> Staff: <strong>24 international, 145 local</strong> (including 30 under extrabudgetary projects)*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 7,311,600 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 1,520,812 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe is involved in a wide range of activities, ranging from arms control, counter-terrorism and border management projects to disaster risk reduction, good governance, trafficking in human beings and gender equality.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/programme-office-in-dushanbe" 0="a:0:{}">Link to the Programme Office in Dushanbe page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Office in Tajikistan</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/205131">Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><h2>QUICK FACTS</h2> <p>Headquarters: <strong>Tashkent</strong><br /> Led by: <strong>Ambassador Pierre von Arx </strong>(Switzerland) since 2021<br /> Staff: <strong>4 international, 35 local</strong>*<br /> Budget: <strong>EUR 2,499,200 </strong>(Unified budget),<strong> EUR 149,365 </strong>(Extrabudgetary actual expenditure)*</p> <p><strong> </strong>*Source: <a href="https://www.osce.org/annual-report/2020">OSCE Annual Report 2020</a></p> <h2>ACTIVITIES</h2> <p>The Co-ordinator carries out projects that include assistance in strengthening legislation; conducting training courses; organizing seminars, conferences and study visits; and giving advice on improving the performance of state authorities, government agencies and civil society organizations.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.osce.org/uzbekistan" 0="a:0:{}">Link to Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/node/248031">Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference *</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, based in Tbilisi, Georgia, represents the CiO in issues related to the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, assists the CiO in achieving an agreement on the cessation of the armed conflict and in creating conditions for the deployment of an OSCE peace-keeping operation.</p> <h2>MANDATE*:</h2> <p>Represents the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; assists the CiO in achieving an agreement on the cessation of the armed conflict and in creating conditions for the deployment of an OSCE peace-keeping operation, in order to facilitate a lasting comprehensive political settlement of the conflict in all its aspects;<br /> <br /> Reports on all aspects of his activities to the CiO of the OSCE, reports through the CiO to the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Conference and, as appropriate, to the Minsk Group, and receive instructions from the CiO;<br /> <br /> Assists the Co-Chairs at their  request;<br /> <br /> Assists the High-Level Planning Group in planning an OSCE peace-keeping operation in accordance with the Budapest Summit Decisions;<br /> <br /> Assists the parties in implementing and developing confidence-building, humanitarian and other measures facilitating the peace process, in particular by encouraging direct contacts;<br /> <br /> Co-operates, as appropriate, with representatives of the United Nations and other international organizations operating in the area of conflict.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.osce.org/prcio" 0="s:13:"s:6:"a:0:{}";";">Link to the Personal Representative's page</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-location-type-value"> <span class="field-content">Field Operations</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <aside class="osce-box whatis-component-what osce-box-style-white osce-box-collapse-never osce-box-gridlayout-nogrid osce-box-views osce-box-whatis_activities" id="what"> <header class="osce-box-header"> <h2 class="osce-box-title"><span>What we do</span></h2> </header> <div class="osce-box-content "> <div class="view view-whatis-activities view-id-whatis_activities view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-default"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179861</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Arms control</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">112</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Arms control</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The end of the Cold War resulted in a huge amount of surplus weapons becoming available illegally. The OSCE, through its field operations, helps to stop the spread of such weapons and offers assistance with their destruction. The Forum for Security Co-operation, which is the main OSCE body dealing with politico-military aspects of security, contributes to these efforts by developing documents regulating transfers of conventional arms and establishing principles governing non-proliferation.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/arms-control</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-default"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="131" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179861/arms.png?1441392345" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179941</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Border management</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">113</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Border management</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE seeks to enhance border security while facilitating legitimate travel and commerce, protecting human rights and promoting human contacts. The OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, trains border officers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, including Afghanistan, and promotes cross-border co-operation in the Central Asian region.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/borders</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="101" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179941/Border_Management%20copy.png?1441392967" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179951</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Combating terrorism</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">114</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Countering terrorism</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>With its expertise in conflict prevention, crisis management and early warning, the OSCE contributes to world-wide efforts in combating terrorism. Many effective counter-terrorism measures fall into other areas in which the OSCE is active, such as police training and border monitoring. The OSCE also looks at human rights issues in relation to counter-terrorism.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/terrorism</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="89" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179951/Combating_Terrorism%20copy.png?1441393364" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179956</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Conflict prevention and resolution</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">116</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Conflict prevention and resolution</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE works to prevent conflicts from arising and to facilitate lasting comprehensive political settlements for existing conflicts. It also helps with the process of rehabilitation in post-conflict areas. It co-operates with representatives of the United Nations and other international organizations operating in areas of conflict.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/conflict-prevention</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="106" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179956/conflict.png?1441393764" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180006</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Reform and co-operation in the security sector</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">125</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Reform and co-operation in the security sector</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Forum for Security Co-operation, which meets weekly in Vienna, provides a framework for dialogue between the OSCE participating States on military conduct, and on confidence- and security-building measures. Practical activities to assist States in reforming their legislation; downsizing and/or conversion of their armies; training personnel on the rights of the servicemen and humanitarian law; and other areas related to military reform are conducted by the OSCE field operations, as well as the Conflict Prevention Centre.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/military-reform</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180006/military.png?1441395759" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180016</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Policing</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">127</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Policing</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Politico-Military dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>OSCE police operations are an integral part of the Organization's efforts in conflict prevention and post-conflict rehabilitation. The OSCE’s police-related activities focus on challenges posed by trans-national and organized crime, by trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings, failure to uphold the rule of law and by human rights violations. Activities include police education and training, community policing and administrative and structural reforms. Many OSCE field operations run their own programmes on police reform and development.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/policing</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="90" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180016/Policing%20copy.png?1441396000" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179966</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Economic activities</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">118</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Economic activities</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1116</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Economic and Environmental dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE focuses on security-related economic issues and fosters international economic co-operation. It assists participating States in strengthening their business and investment climate, streamlining regulatory frameworks, countering corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing. It also actively promotes effective labour migration management, women entrepreneurship, integrated international transport networks as well as harmonized border crossing procedures encouraging the establishment of public-private partnerships.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/economic</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="99" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179966/econom.png?1441393979" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179991</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Good governance</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">379</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Good governance</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1116</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Economic and Environmental dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE assists OSCE participating States in fighting corruption and in building democratic, accountable state institutions.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/good-governance</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="98" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179991/good.png?1441395053" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179981</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Environmental activities</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Environmental activities</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1116</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Economic and Environmental dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Recognizing the close connection between environmental issues and security, the OSCE assists participating States with the sustainable use and sound management of natural resources. It supports projects to improve water management, deal with soil degradation and dispose safely of toxic and radioactive waste. It works to raise environmental awareness and promote public participation in environmental decision-making.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/environmental</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="102" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179981/environment.png?1441394438" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179961</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Democratization</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">117</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Democratization</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE helps its participating States build democratic institutions; hold free, fair and transparent elections; promote gender equality; ensure respect for human rights, media freedom, minority rights and the rule of law; and promote tolerance and non-discrimination.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/democratization</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179961/democracy.png?1441393864" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179996</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Human rights</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">123</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Human rights</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms forms a key part of the OSCE's comprehensive security concept. The OSCE monitors the human rights situation in its 57 participating States.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179996/human.png?1441395305" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179976</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Elections</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">120</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Elections</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Recognizing that democratic elections form the basis for legitimate government, the OSCE observes elections throughout its 57 participating States. It also provides technical assistance to improve the legislative and administrative framework for elections in specific countries. Some OSCE field operations carry out elections-related activities, including training for election commission members, media and police as well as voter education initiatives. They do not, however, take part in election observation missions in their countries of operation. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights observes elections, reviews legislation and advises governments on how to develop and sustain democratic institutions. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly leads election observation missions.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/elections</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179976/elections.png?1441394156" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180001</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Media freedom and development</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">124</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Media freedom and development</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Free and well-developed media are a cornerstone of democratic societies. The OSCE monitors media developments in its participating States for violations of freedom of expression. This includes reviewing legislation regulating the media, as well as monitoring cases where journalists are prosecuted for their professional activities or are the victims of harassment. The OSCE also engages in media development through training and support for editors and journalists. The Representative on Freedom of the Media, an independent OSCE institution, has a unique mandate to protect and promote media freedom in all 57 OSCE participating States.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/media-freedom</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180001/media.png?1441395487" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Minority rights</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">National minority issues</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE identifies and seeks early resolution of ethnic tensions that might endanger peace or stability. It promotes the rights of national minorities and pays particular attention to the situation of Roma and Sinti.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/minority-rights</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180011/national.png?1441395872" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180021</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Roma and Sinti</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">128</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Roma and Sinti</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE promotes the rights of Roma and Sinti through projects on political participation, education, housing, civil registration, combating racism and discrimination, and protecting the rights of displaced persons.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/roma</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180021/romasinti.png?1441396117" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180026</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Rule of law</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">129</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Rule of law</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The concept of rule of law forms a cornerstone of the OSCE's human rights and democratization activities. It not only describes formal legal frameworks, but also aims at justice based on the full acceptance of human dignity.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/rule-of-law</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180026/rulelaw.png?1441396220" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">180031</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Tolerance and non-discrimination</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">130</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Tolerance and non-discrimination</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1121</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Human dimension</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Intolerance continues to threaten security in societies across the OSCE region. The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has developed a collection of resources and programmes designed to raise awareness of and help end racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and intolerance against Christians and Muslims. ODIHR also supports the work of OSCE field operations working on these issues: By advising on policy, and training law enforcement personnel, civil society and educators, the OSCE works to build the capacity of governments in preventing and responding to this problem.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/tolerance</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/180031/tolerance.png?1441396321" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179946</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Combating human trafficking</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">111</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Combating trafficking in human beings</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Human trafficking affects virtually all OSCE states, either as countries of origin or destination. This modern form of slavery is an affront to human dignity, often involving psychological terror and physical violence. Human trafficking engages issues of human rights and rule of law, of law enforcement and crime control, of inequality and discrimination, of corruption, economic deprivation and migration.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/trafficking</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="101" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179946/traffic.png?1441393104" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179971</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Education</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">119</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Education</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Education programmes are an integral part of the Organization's efforts in conflict prevention and post-conflict rehabilitation. The OSCE's youth projects include human rights, environmental, tolerance, and gender education as well as support for minorities in education.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/education</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17whatis-activities-media-default-18"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="96" height="95" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179971/edu.png?1441394075" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">179986</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Gender equality</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">122</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Gender equality</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE aims to provide equal opportunities for women and men, as well as to integrate gender equality into policies and practices, both within participating States and the Organization itself. With local partners, the OSCE initiates and runs projects across the OSCE region to empower women, and build local capacities and expertise on gender issues. It co-operates with authorities in reviewing legislation and assists in building national mechanisms to ensure equality between women and men.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/gender</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17whatis-activities-media-default-18whatis-activities-media-default-19"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="106" height="96" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/179986/gender.png?1441394661" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">270126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Migration</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">1261</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Migration</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE is committed to addressing the migration phenomenon cross-dimensionally and by capitalizing on the added value it can bring to regional and global solutions. The organization’s key assets include its wide geographical scope, its broad and diverse membership, its norms-setting function and cross-dimensional engagement, its relationship with the <a href="//www.osce.org/node/111472">Mediterranean </a>and <a href="//www.osce.org/node/111473">Asian </a>Partners for Co-operation, and extended <a href="//www.osce.org/where">field presence</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/migration</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17whatis-activities-media-default-18whatis-activities-media-default-19whatis-activities-media-default-20"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="120" height="113" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/270126/migration_icon_2_for_cms.png?1475150371" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">263176</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Youth</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">1266</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Youth</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE’s commitment to promote the role and the inclusion of youth in its peace and security agenda dates back to its founding document, the Helsinki Final Act, and has been strengthened through many subsequent OSCE decisions.</p> <p>Two consecutive Ministerial Council declarations, in <a href="https://www.osce.org/mc/130536">2014 </a>and <a href="https://www.osce.org/cio/207266">2015</a>, acknowledged the potential of young people to contribute to political, economic and social development and to the OSCE’s work across the three dimensions of its comprehensive concept of security. The Organization puts particular emphasis on youth protection, and on promoting youth participation in areas like preventing and <a href="https://www.osce.org/node/107807">countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism</a>, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, education, tolerance and non-discrimination and political participation.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/youth</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17whatis-activities-media-default-18whatis-activities-media-default-19whatis-activities-media-default-20whatis-activities-media-default-21"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="106" height="115" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/263176/youth_icon_for_cms.png?1473328655" /></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content">270036</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">Cyber/ICT Security</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">1106</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name-1"> <span class="field-content">Cyber/ICT Security</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid-2"> <span class="field-content">1126</span> </div> <div class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Cross-dimensional</span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>The OSCE plays an important role in enhancing cyber/ICT (Information Communication Technologies) security, in particular by reducing the risks of conflict between states stemming from the use of ICTs. A key concern in this respect is to operationalize pertinent UN guidance by Groups of Governmental Experts on the regional level.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-target-url"> <span class="field-content">http://www.osce.org/what/cyber-ict-security</span> </div> <div class="views-field-view"> <span class="field-content"><div class="view view-whatis-activities-media view-id-whatis_activities_media view-display-id-default view-dom-id-whatis-activities-media-defaultwhatis-activities-media-default-1whatis-activities-media-default-2whatis-activities-media-default-3whatis-activities-media-default-4whatis-activities-media-default-5whatis-activities-media-default-6whatis-activities-media-default-7whatis-activities-media-default-8whatis-activities-media-default-9whatis-activities-media-default-10whatis-activities-media-default-11whatis-activities-media-default-12whatis-activities-media-default-13whatis-activities-media-default-14whatis-activities-media-default-15whatis-activities-media-default-16whatis-activities-media-default-17whatis-activities-media-default-18whatis-activities-media-default-19whatis-activities-media-default-20whatis-activities-media-default-21whatis-activities-media-default-22"> </div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-whatis-activity-icon-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img class="imagefield imagefield-field_whatis_activity_icon" width="115" height="108" alt="" src="https://www.osce.org/files/f/whatis_activity_icons/270036/cyber_security_icon_for_cms.png?1475137193" /></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <aside class="osce-box whatis-component-timeline osce-box-style-white osce-box-collapse-never osce-box-gridlayout-nogrid osce-box-views osce-box-timeline" id="timeline"> <header class="osce-box-header"> <h2 class="osce-box-title"><span>Our history</span></h2> </header> <div class="osce-box-content "> <div class="view view-timeline view-id-timeline view-display-id-default view-dom-id-timeline-default"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Nixon and Brezhnev reach a compromise agreement to hold two separate sets of negotiations</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">75510000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">75510000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The CSCE is to deal with political issues and the Mutual Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) talks in Europe are to deal with strategic military issues (SALT I)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168136/1972%20brezh%20nix%20compr.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168136/1972%20brezh%20nix%20compr.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168136/1972%20brezh%20nix%20compr.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Central Intelligence Agency</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">United States and Soviet Union sign SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">75682800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">75682800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dipoli</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of Multilateral Consultations on holding a Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">91234800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">91234800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dipoli</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dipoli</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of Multilateral Consultations that produced the 'Blue Book'</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">108342000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">108342000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The official name of the 'Blue Book' is "Final Recommendations of the Helsinki Consultations"</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dipoli</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">First Stage of the CSCE, held at Ministerial level</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">110502000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">110847600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">35 CSCE participating States adopt the "Final Recommendations of the Helsinki Consultations" (the 'Blue Book') by consensus, paving the way to the 'Helsinki process'</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168366/The%20Helsinki%20Final%20Act%20Negotiators%20-%20July%201973.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168366/The%20Helsinki%20Final%20Act%20Negotiators%20-%20July%201973.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168366/The%20Helsinki%20Final%20Act%20Negotiators%20-%20July%201973.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Geneva</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Second Stage of the CSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">117154800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">117154800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Conference follows the agenda and procedures prescribed by the 'Blue Book'</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Geneva</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of negotiations on Mutual Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">120783600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">120783600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Geneva</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Second Stage of the CSCE continues</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">126226800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">157676400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Conference is divided into committees and working groups according to 3 dimensions (baskets): political/military, economic and environmental, and human </div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Geneva</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Geneva</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of the Second Stage of the CSCE. Draft Final Act is ready</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">173314800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">173314800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Geneva</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Third stage of the CSCE held at the level of Heads of State or Government and 1st CSCE Summit</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">175906800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">176079600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169896/1975%2030%20july%20helsinki%20.jpg?1517306830</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169896/1975%2030%20july%20helsinki%20.jpg?1517306830</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169896/1975%2030%20july%20helsinki%20.jpg?1517306830</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">35 CSCE participating States sign the Helsinki Final Act</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">176079600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">176079600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168826/07%20standing%20ovation%20at%20after%20the%20signing%201%2008%201975.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168826/07%20standing%20ovation%20at%20after%20the%20signing%201%2008%201975.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168826/07%20standing%20ovation%20at%20after%20the%20signing%201%2008%201975.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Civil Rights advocates and dissidents rally around the Helsinki Final Act</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">189298800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">220834800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Civil Rights advocates and dissidents create groups, associations and NGOs to follow up the implementations of Helsinki Final Act commitments undertaken by their national governments (Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, Helsinki Citizen Assemblies in the Soviet Union and the USA)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Belgrade</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Belgrade Follow-Up Meeting to the CSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">244767600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">244767600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Belgrade</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Belgrade</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of the Belgrade Follow-up Meeting (Concluding Document)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">258246000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">258246000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Belgrade</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Valetta</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Experts Meeting on Economic, Scientific and Cultural Co-operation in the Mediterranean</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">287708400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">291250800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Valetta</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">United States and the Soviet Union sign the SALT II agreement in Vienna</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">298508400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">298508400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169001/salt%20II.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169001/salt%20II.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169001/salt%20II.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Bill Fitz-Patrick</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Soviet Union invades Afghanistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">314838000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">314838000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169011/1979%20ussr%20invades%20afghanistan.JPG?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169011/1979%20ussr%20invades%20afghanistan.JPG?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169011/1979%20ussr%20invades%20afghanistan.JPG?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">United States announces its boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">323305200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">323305200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169086/1980%20moscow%20olympics.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169086/1980%20moscow%20olympics.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169086/1980%20moscow%20olympics.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Moscowtimes.com, Derzsi Elekes Andor</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Lech Walesa leads the first of many strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">336520800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">336520800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169101/1980%20lech%20walesa-cropped.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169101/1980%20lech%20walesa-cropped.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169101/1980%20lech%20walesa-cropped.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Author Unknown, Public Domain</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Madrid</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Madrid Follow-up Meeting to the CSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">342745200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">342745200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Madrid</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Madrid</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of the Madrid Follow-up Meeting (Concluding Document)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">431906400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">431906400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169116/1983%20madrid.jpg?1517306779</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169116/1983%20madrid.jpg?1517306779</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169116/1983%20madrid.jpg?1517306779</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Javier Corbo on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Madrid</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">452815200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">452815200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">10th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act (Verbatim Records)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">491522400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">491695200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-24 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">514850400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">514850400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169161/1986%20chernobyl.jpg?1517306786</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169161/1986%20chernobyl.jpg?1517306786</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169161/1986%20chernobyl.jpg?1517306786</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Kamil Porembiński on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-25 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Reykjavik</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reagan and Gorbachev meet to discuss scaling back intermediate missile arsenals</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">529369200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">529369200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe, but the talks end with no agreement</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169171/ReaganGorbi.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169171/ReaganGorbi.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169171/ReaganGorbi.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Ronald Reagan Presidental Library and Museum</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Reykjavik</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-26 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Vienna Follow-up Meeting</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">531442800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">531442800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-27 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Washingtom D.C.</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">565916400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">565916400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169191/Reagan_and_Gorbachev_signing.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169191/Reagan_and_Gorbachev_signing.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169191/Reagan_and_Gorbachev_signing.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">White House Photographic Office</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Washingtom D.C.</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-28 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of the Vienna Follow-up Meeting</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">601167600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">601167600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The meeting yields a Concluding Document, including provisions for the Negotiations on Confidence and Security-Building Measures to continue in parallel with newly mandated negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe to replace Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Talks - Human dimension defined -> Human Dimension mechanism • Vienna Mechanism [on exchange of information on questions relating to the human dimension]</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-29 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Warsaw Pact dismantled</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">611618400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">611618400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-30 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Paris</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">612482400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">614556000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Paris</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-31 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Berlin</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Fall of the Berlin Wall</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">626569200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">626569200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169296/BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169296/BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169296/BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Sue Ream</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Berlin</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-32 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Deposed Romanian President and Communist party leader Nicolae Ceausescu, and his wife Elena are executed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">630543600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">630543600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-33 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st CSCE Seminar on Military Doctrine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">632444400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">634172400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-34 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Bonn</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Conference on Economic Co-operation (Document)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">637801200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">639784800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169071/Bonn%20Conference%20-%2019%20March%201990..jpg?1517306774</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169071/Bonn%20Conference%20-%2019%20March%201990..jpg?1517306774</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169071/Bonn%20Conference%20-%2019%20March%201990..jpg?1517306774</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Bundesarchiv, Engelbert Reineke</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Bonn</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-35 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Washington D.C.</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapons production</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">644191200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">644191200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The U.S. and Soviet Presidents sign the treaty and start destroying their stockpiles</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169096/Gorbachev_Bush_19900601.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169096/Gorbachev_Bush_19900601.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169096/Gorbachev_Bush_19900601.jpg?1517306776</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">George Bush Presidential Library</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Washington D.C.</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-36 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Berlin</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">East and West Germany re-unify</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">654908400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">654908400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169106/Reunification%20of%20Germany%20-%203-10-1990.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169106/Reunification%20of%20Germany%20-%203-10-1990.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169106/Reunification%20of%20Germany%20-%203-10-1990.jpg?1517306777</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Bundesarchiv, Peter Grimm</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Berlin</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-37 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Oslo</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">655945200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">655945200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Oslo</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-38 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Paris</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">2nd CSCE Summit, Charter of Paris</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">658969200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">659142000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">35 CSCE Participating States sign the Charter of Paris for a New Europe marking the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a new era of democracy, peace and unity in Europe, and establishing the Council of Ministers and the Committee of Senior Officials; a permanent Secretariat in Prague; the Conflict Prevention Centre in Vienna and an Office for Free Elections in Warsaw  </div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169196/sommet%20de%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169196/sommet%20de%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169196/sommet%20de%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">George Bush Presidential Library</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Paris</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-39 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Paris</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Adoption of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) by 22 CSCE participating States</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">658969200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">658969200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169231/conventional%20armed%20forces%20treaty%20signature%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306792</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169231/conventional%20armed%20forces%20treaty%20signature%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306792</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169231/conventional%20armed%20forces%20treaty%20signature%20paris%201990.jpg?1517306792</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Paris</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-40 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Germany</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">662684400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">662684400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169241/germany.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169241/germany.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169241/germany.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">665017200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">665017200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Committee of Senior Officials adopts a set of provisions to assure the entry into operation of the: CSCE Secretariat in Prague, Conflict Prevention Centre in Vienna, Office for Free Elections in Warsaw</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-42 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Visegrad Agreement</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">666572400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">666572400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Agreement, establishing regional co-operation to move toward free-market systems and advance co-operation with one another, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-43 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Madrid</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Parliamentary leaders adopt the Madrid Document on the establishment of the CSCE Parliamentary Assembly</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">670543200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">670629600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Madrid</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-44 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Berlin</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st CSCE Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">677282400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">677368800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The first CSCE Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs is chaired by Germany's Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Summary of Conclusions: Politico-Military Mechanism, Emergency Mechanism, Statement on the Situation in Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Berlin</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-45 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">678319200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">678319200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-46 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">New York</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">United Nations Security Council opens the way for the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">691196400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">691196400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 721, opening the way for the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">New York</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-47 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Soviet Union officially ceases to exist</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">694134000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">694134000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-48 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Czechoslovakia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">694220400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">725756400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169531/Czechoslovakia_svg.png?1517306809</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169531/Czechoslovakia_svg.png?1517306809</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169531/Czechoslovakia_svg.png?1517306809</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-49 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">2nd CSCE Council of Ministers</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">696726000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">696812400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Summary of Conclusions: Prague Document on Further Development of CSCE Institutions and Structures, Declaration on Non-Proliferation and Arms Transfers</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-50 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures result in adoption of the Vienna Document 1992</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">699663600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">699663600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Vienna Document broadens the scope of information exchange and verification and brings in new communication measures and mechanisms</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-51 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Additional CSCE Council of Ministers establishes a Conference on Nagorno-Karabakh</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Additional CSCE Council of Ministers (Summary of Conclusions): Establishment of a Conference on Nagorno-Karabakh under the auspices of the CSCE (to take place in Minsk)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-52 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Signing of the Treaty on Open Skies</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Treaty sets the framework for a regime of observation flights over the territory of CSCE participating States</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169681/1992%20open%20skies.jpg?1517306819</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169681/1992%20open%20skies.jpg?1517306819</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169681/1992%20open%20skies.jpg?1517306819</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">U.S. Air Force</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-53 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Helsinki Follow-up Meeting</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">701391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169711/24%2003%201992%20Helsinki%20followup%20meeting%20.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169711/24%2003%201992%20Helsinki%20followup%20meeting%20.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169711/24%2003%201992%20Helsinki%20followup%20meeting%20.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-54 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Budapest</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Annual Session of the CSCE Parliamentary Assembly</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">710114400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">710287200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Budapest</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-55 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">End of the Helsinki Follow-up Meeting</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">710546400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">710546400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-56 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">13th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials agrees to suspend the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">710546400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">710546400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The agreement is reached using ‘consensus minus one’ </div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-57 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">3rd CSCE Summit, 52 CSCE participating States adopt a final document: The Challenges of Change</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">710632800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">710719200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Summary of Conclusions: High Commissioner on National Minorities established and specific mandate laid out, Forum for Security Co-operation and the Economic Forum established with task to follow up on the Vienna Document, Provisions made for conflict prevention and crisis management, including fact-finding and rapporteur missions and CSCE peacekeeping, Office for Free Elections becomes Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, with extended mandate</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169831/1992%20helsinki%203rd%20sumit.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169831/1992%20helsinki%203rd%20sumit.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169831/1992%20helsinki%203rd%20sumit.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Kati Kosonen</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-58 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">15th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials establishes a CSCE mission in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">713656800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">713743200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-59 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">16th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials leads to establishment of CSCE Mission to Skopje</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">716594400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">716767200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The establishment of the CSCE Mission to Skopje is to avoid spillover of the conflict on the territory of former Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169846/1992%20skopje.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169846/1992%20skopje.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169846/1992%20skopje.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Maria Dotsenko</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-60 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Meeting of the Special Committee of the Forum for Security and Co-operation</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">717112800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">717112800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-61 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">17th Committee of Senior Officials Decisions</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">720918000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">721090800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">17th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials reaches a decision on the mandate of a Personal Representative of the CSCE Chairman-in-Office for Georgia and agrees on the modalities for CSCE Missions of long duration to Kosovo, Sandžak and Vojvodina and a CSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169866/Prague_VagelisPikoulas.jpg?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169866/Prague_VagelisPikoulas.jpg?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169866/Prague_VagelisPikoulas.jpg?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Vagelis Pikoulas on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-62 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Human Dimension Seminar on Tolerance</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">721868400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">722214000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169871/1992%20warsaw.JPG?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169871/1992%20warsaw.JPG?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169871/1992%20warsaw.JPG?1517306825</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Alina Zienowicz on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-63 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">18th Committee of Senior Officials Decisions</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">724201200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">724201200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">18th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials reaches a decision on the mandate of a Personal Representative of the CSCE Chairman-in-Office for Estonia and agrees on the modalities for a CSCE Mission to Georgia</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-64 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Stockholm</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">3rd CSCE Council of Ministers (Summary of Conclusions)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">724287600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">724374000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Summary of Conclusions: Shaping of a New Europe – the Role of the CSCE, Decision on the mandate and appointment of a CSCE Secretary General, Appointment of Max van den Stoel as the CSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Decision on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (Annex: Convention on conciliation and arbitration within the CSCE)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169886/1992%20stockhilm.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169886/1992%20stockhilm.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169886/1992%20stockhilm.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Olof Senestam on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Stockholm</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-65 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 1st High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel (Netherlands)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">724374000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">724374000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169891/15%2012%201992%20-%20appointment%20HCNM%20Hans%20van%20de%20stoel.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169891/15%2012%201992%20-%20appointment%20HCNM%20Hans%20van%20de%20stoel.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169891/15%2012%201992%20-%20appointment%20HCNM%20Hans%20van%20de%20stoel.jpg?1517306828</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-66 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Sweden</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">725842800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">757292400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169331/Sweden.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169331/Sweden.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169331/Sweden.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-67 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) signed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">726015600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">726015600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">In Moscow, outgoing U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169351/George_H__W__Bush_and_Boris_Yeltsin_1993.jpg?1517306799</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169351/George_H__W__Bush_and_Boris_Yeltsin_1993.jpg?1517306799</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169351/George_H__W__Bush_and_Boris_Yeltsin_1993.jpg?1517306799</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">National Archives and Records Administration, Susan Biddle</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-68 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">19th Committee of Senior Officials adopts terms of reference for CSCE Mission to Estonia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">728694000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">728780400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169371/Mission%20to%20Estonia%20-%20Tallinn%203.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169371/Mission%20to%20Estonia%20-%20Tallinn%203.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169371/Mission%20to%20Estonia%20-%20Tallinn%203.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Aditya Karnad on Flickr.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-69 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">19th Committee of Senior Officials adopts a text on the establishment of the CSCE Mission to Moldova</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">728694000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">728780400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169851/Mission%20to%20Moldova%20-%20Chisinau%205.jpg?1517306823</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169851/Mission%20to%20Moldova%20-%20Chisinau%205.jpg?1517306823</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169851/Mission%20to%20Moldova%20-%20Chisinau%205.jpg?1517306823</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">lucianf on Flickr.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-70 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">New York</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">In New York City, a bomb at the World Trade Center goes off, killing six and injuring over a thousand</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">730681200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">730681200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">New York</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-71 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Economic and Environmental Forum</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">732236400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">732409200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-72 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 1st CSCE/OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Wilhelm Höynck (Germany)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">740095200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">740095200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169411/1993%20hoynck.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169411/1993%20hoynck.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169411/1993%20hoynck.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-73 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">23rd Committee of Senior Officials Decision to establish a CSCE Mission to Latvia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">748562400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">748908000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169416/Mission%20to%20Latvia%20-%20Riga%203.jpg?1517306804</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169416/Mission%20to%20Latvia%20-%20Riga%203.jpg?1517306804</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169416/Mission%20to%20Latvia%20-%20Riga%203.jpg?1517306804</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Tania Ho on Flickr.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-74 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Maastricht</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">752108400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">752108400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169431/EU.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169431/EU.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169431/EU.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Maastricht</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-75 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Rome</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">4th CSCE Council of Ministers</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">754614000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">754700400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Declaration on the CSCE and the New Europe – Our Security is Indivisible, Appointment of Audrey Glover (United Kingdom) as the next Director of Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Decision on CSCE’s Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities, Decision to establish a CSCE Mission to Tajikistan, Decision to move the CSCE Secretariat to Vienna - Secretariat includes departments for conference services, administration and budget, Chairman-in-Office support and the Conflict Prevention Centre</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169441/4th%20CSCE%20Council%20of%20Ministers%20Rome.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169441/4th%20CSCE%20Council%20of%20Ministers%20Rome.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169441/4th%20CSCE%20Council%20of%20Ministers%20Rome.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Rome</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-76 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st meeting of the Permanent Committee</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">755391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">755391600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-77 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Italy</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">757378800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">788828400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169541/Italy.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169541/Italy.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169541/Italy.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-78 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">758502000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">758502000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169546/1994%20kremlin%20accords.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169546/1994%20kremlin%20accords.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169546/1994%20kremlin%20accords.jpg?1517306811</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">ITAR-TASS</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-79 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Sarajevo</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">A mortar shell kills 68 and wounds about 200 in a Sarajevo marketplace</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">760402800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">760402800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Sarajevo</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-80 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dushanbe</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Deployment of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">761612400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">761612400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dushanbe</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-81 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Committee drafts the Terms of Reference for the CSCE Mission to Ukraine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">777765600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">777765600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-82 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Budapest</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Beginning of the Budapest Review Conference</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">781743600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">781743600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Budapest</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-83 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Re-appointment of Audrey Glover as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">786236400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">786236400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169621/Glover.jpg?1517306814</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169621/Glover.jpg?1517306814</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169621/Glover.jpg?1517306814</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-84 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Budapest</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">4th CSCE Summit. Fifty four CSCE participating States adopt the Budapest Document</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">786582000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">786668400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169641/corr%20%20Budapest%2019%20-%20Official%20group%20picture%20%28Budapest%20Summit%201994%29.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169641/corr%20%20Budapest%2019%20-%20Official%20group%20picture%20%28Budapest%20Summit%201994%29.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169641/corr%20%20Budapest%2019%20-%20Official%20group%20picture%20%28Budapest%20Summit%201994%29.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Budapest</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-85 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Chechen war begins</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">787100400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">787100400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169656/1994_Chechnya%20SW.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169656/1994_Chechnya%20SW.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169656/1994_Chechnya%20SW.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-86 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Meeting of the Permanent Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">787446000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">787446000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-87 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Hungary</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">788914800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">820364400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/171161/hungary.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/171161/hungary.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/171161/hungary.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-88 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision to establish an OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia in Tashkent, Uzbekistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">795308400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">795308400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-89 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Paris</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Signing of the ‘Pact on Stability in Europe’</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">795740400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">795740400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The Pact aims for an area of lasting good-neighbourliness and cooperation in Europe</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Paris</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-90 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Prague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Meeting of the Senior Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">796514400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">796600800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Prague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-91 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision to establish the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">797551200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">797551200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-92 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Srebrenica massacre</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">805413600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">805413600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-93 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Seminar on the Security Model, which eventually resulted in the Istanbul Charter for European Security</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">805932000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">806018400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-94 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">20th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">807228000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">807228000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-95 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of a Personal Representative on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">808005600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">808005600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-96 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Mortar bomb kills 37 civilians on a Sarajevo market square. NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">809560800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">809560800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-97 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Seminar on the Security Model, which eventually resulted in the Istanbul Charter for European Security</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">811375200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">811461600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-98 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dayton</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Negotiations on General Framework [Dayton] Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">815180400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">816908400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169791/1995%20dayton%20milo-crops.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169791/1995%20dayton%20milo-crops.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169791/1995%20dayton%20milo-crops.jpg?1517306821</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Brian Schlumbohm on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dayton</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-99 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) charges Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic with genocide</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">816476400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">816476400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-100 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Budapest</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">5th OSCE Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">818290800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">818377200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Decision on OSCE Action for Peace, Democracy and Stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Decision on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-First Century: A New Concept for a New Century, Decision on the OSCE Minsk Process</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Budapest</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-101 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reappointment of Max van der Stoel (Netherlands), as the High Commissioner on National Minorities</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">818377200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">818377200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-102 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Switzerland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">820450800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">820450800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168216/switzerland.png?1517306696</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168216/switzerland.png?1517306696</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168216/switzerland.png?1517306696</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-103 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision to establish an OSCE Mission to Croatia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">829778400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">829778400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168226/Mission%20to%20Croatia%20-Zagreb%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168226/Mission%20to%20Croatia%20-Zagreb%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168226/Mission%20to%20Croatia%20-Zagreb%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Mario Fajt on Flickr.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-104 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st Conference to review Operation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and Concluding Act of the Negotiation on Personnel</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">832111200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">833493600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-105 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya, Chechen and Russian leadership sign a ceasefire agreement</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">833148000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">833148000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-106 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Fein</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">834357600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">834357600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-107 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 2nd OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona (Italy)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">834789600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">834789600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168286/1996%20giancvarlo%20aragon.jpg?1517306703</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168286/1996%20giancvarlo%20aragon.jpg?1517306703</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168286/1996%20giancvarlo%20aragon.jpg?1517306703</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-108 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna, Lisbon</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Review Meeting</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">847062000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">848617200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Review Meeting covers: • Human Dimension • Security Model • Economic Dimension</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna, Lisbon</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-109 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Lisbon</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">5th OSCE Summit. 55 OSCE participating States adopt the Lisbon Document</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">849481200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">849567600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Declaration on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the 21st century, A Framework for Arms Control, Development of the Agenda of the Forum for Security Co-operation, Creation of a Security Model Committee</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168296/96Lisbon.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168296/96Lisbon.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168296/96Lisbon.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Lisbon</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-110 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Denmark</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">852073200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">883522800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168356/denmark2.jpg?1517306706</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168356/denmark2.jpg?1517306706</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168356/denmark2.jpg?1517306706</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-111 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision on the establishment of an OSCE Presence in Albania</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">859417200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">859417200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168406/Presence%20in%20Albania%20-%20Tirana%204.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168406/Presence%20in%20Albania%20-%20Tirana%204.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168406/Presence%20in%20Albania%20-%20Tirana%204.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Michael Newman on Flickr.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-112 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Georgia</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Mission to Georgia opens a branch office in Tskhinvali</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">861660000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">861660000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168411/1997%20Tskhinval.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168411/1997%20Tskhinval.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168411/1997%20Tskhinval.jpg?1517306709</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Juliet Kozaeva on Cominf.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Georgia</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-113 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Gerard Stoudmann (Switzerland) appointed as 3rd Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">862005600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">862005600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168416/1998%20stoudmann%20cropped.jpg?1517306711</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168416/1998%20stoudmann%20cropped.jpg?1517306711</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168416/1998%20stoudmann%20cropped.jpg?1517306711</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Michal Olejarnik</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-114 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Russian-Chechen Peace Treaty signed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">863388000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">863388000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-115 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">868312800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">868312800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-116 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">874533600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">874533600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168436/Advisory%20and%20Monitoring%20Group%20in%20Belarus%20-%20Minsk%205.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168436/Advisory%20and%20Monitoring%20Group%20in%20Belarus%20-%20Minsk%205.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168436/Advisory%20and%20Monitoring%20Group%20in%20Belarus%20-%20Minsk%205.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Ian Kalkbrenner on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-117 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Ottawa</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">881103600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">881103600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Ottawa</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-118 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Copenhagen</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">6th Ministerial Council with discussions on the Dayton Peace Accords, Security Model</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">882399600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">882486000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168471/6th%20MC.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168471/6th%20MC.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168471/6th%20MC.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Copenhagen</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-119 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Poland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">883609200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">883609200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168496/poland.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168496/poland.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168496/poland.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-120 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of 1st Representative on Freedom of Media, Freimut Duve (Germany)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">883609200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">883609200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168501/1998%20duve2.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168501/1998%20duve2.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168501/1998%20duve2.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Co de Kruijf/HH</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-121 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision establishes the OSCE Centre in Almaty, Kazakhstan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168536/1998%20almaty.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168536/1998%20almaty.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168536/1998%20almaty.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Alexander Fisher on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-122 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision establishes the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168551/1998%20bishkek.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168551/1998%20bishkek.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168551/1998%20bishkek.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Vladimir Menkov on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-123 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision establishes the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">901144800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168561/1998%20ashgabat.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168561/1998%20ashgabat.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168561/1998%20ashgabat.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Jim Fitzgerald</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-124 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Bomb explosions at the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">902440800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">902440800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The near-simultaneous bomb explosions kill 224 people and injure over 4,500</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168581/1998%20tanzania%20bombing.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168581/1998%20tanzania%20bombing.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168581/1998%20tanzania%20bombing.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">USA Department of State records</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-125 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">UN Security Council calls for withdrawal of Serbian security forces from Kosovo and a ceasefire</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">906501600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">906501600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1199, calling for the withdrawal of the Serbian security forces from Kosovo and a ceasefire between the warring parties</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-126 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Together with the European Union, the OSCE creates and leads a ‘Friends of Albania’ Group</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">907106400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">907106400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Together with the European Union, the OSCE creates and leads a ‘Friends of Albania’ Group, bringing together countries and international organizations active in providing Albania with financial support, technical assistance and other forms of aid</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-127 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">909266400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">909266400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168601/1998%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168601/1998%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168601/1998%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-128 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Oslo</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">7th Ministerial Council: Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the 21st century</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">912553200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">912639600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168606/MC%20Oslo.jpg?1517306738</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168606/MC%20Oslo.jpg?1517306738</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168606/MC%20Oslo.jpg?1517306738</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Oslo</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-129 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Norway</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">915145200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">915145200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168641/norway.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168641/norway.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168641/norway.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-130 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairman-in-Office states that the Kosovo Verification Mission should cease its activities and evacuate</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">921884400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">921884400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Norwegian Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office, Knut Vollebaek, addresses the Permanent Council and states that the Kosovo Verification Mission should cease its activities and evacuate</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168681/1999%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168681/1999%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168681/1999%20kosovo%20verification%20mission.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-131 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">922230000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">922230000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-132 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicts Slobodan Milosevic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">927756000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">927756000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-133 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">928188000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">928188000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168746/1999%20kyiv.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168746/1999%20kyiv.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168746/1999%20kyiv.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Ukrinform</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-134 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty, ending the Kosovo crisis</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">928879200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">928879200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-135 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 3rd OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Jan Kubis (Slovakia)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">929397600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">929397600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168766/1999%20kubis.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168766/1999%20kubis.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168766/1999%20kubis.jpg?1517306745</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Ayhan Evrensel</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-136 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Mission in Kosovo</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">930780000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">930780000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Permanent Council also places the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe under the auspices of the OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168776/Mission%20to%20Kosovo%20-%20Pristina%203.jpg?1517306747</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168776/Mission%20to%20Kosovo%20-%20Pristina%203.jpg?1517306747</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168776/Mission%20to%20Kosovo%20-%20Pristina%203.jpg?1517306747</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">FidanKolgeci via Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-137 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Office in Yerevan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">932594400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">932594400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168796/1999%20yerevan.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168796/1999%20yerevan.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168796/1999%20yerevan.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Serouj Ourishian on Wikimedia.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-138 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE adopts the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">942706800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">942706800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The adoption expands the Vienna Documents agreed in 1990, 1992 and 1994</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-139 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Office in Baku</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">942706800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">942706800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168821/1999%20baku.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168821/1999%20baku.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168821/1999%20baku.jpg?1517306755</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Zaur Zeyna</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-140 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Istanbul</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">6th OSCE Summit</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">942879600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">942966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Fifty five OSCE Heads of State or Government: Adopt Charter for European Security, Sign the adapted Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Call for a political settlement in Chechnya</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168836/1999%20Istanbul%20Summit%20C%20to%20B.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168836/1999%20Istanbul%20Summit%20C%20to%20B.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168836/1999%20Istanbul%20Summit%20C%20to%20B.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Istanbul</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-141 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Istanbul</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Adapted CFE Treaty)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">942966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">942966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Istanbul</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-142 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Istanbul</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Final Act of the Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe signed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">942966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">942966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Istanbul</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-143 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Austria</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">946681200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">946681200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168871/austria.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168871/austria.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168871/austria.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-144 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">966031200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">966031200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-145 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">8th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">975279600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">975366000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">8th Ministerial Council re- appoints the High Commissioner on National Minorities and Representative on Freedom of the Media, and adopts the Vienna Declaration on the Role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe and a set of decisions on OSCE’s efforts to combat trafficking in human beings, The scale for large OSCE Missions, Police-related activities</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168896/MC%20vienna.jpg?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168896/MC%20vienna.jpg?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168896/MC%20vienna.jpg?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">HOPI MEDIA</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-146 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Tokyo</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">1st OSCE Asian Conference</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">976489200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">976575600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169126/1024px-Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January.jpg?1517306781</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169126/1024px-Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January.jpg?1517306781</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169126/1024px-Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January.jpg?1517306781</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Morio on wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Tokyo</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-147 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">New mandate for the OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia and renaming to: OSCE Centre in Tashkent</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">976748400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">976748400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Taking into account the expanded presence of the OSCE in Central Asia, the Permanent Council formulates a new mandate for the OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia and renames it to: OSCE Centre in Tashkent</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169136/Tashkent_Paul.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169136/Tashkent_Paul.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169136/Tashkent_Paul.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Paul on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-148 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Romania</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">978303600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">978303600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169141/romania.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169141/romania.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169141/romania.jpg?1517306783</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-149 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision establishes the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">979167600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">979167600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">OSCE Missions of Long Duration in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina formally closed, renaming of Mission to Serbia (Formerly Mission To Serbia and Montenegro)</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-150 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 2nd High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekéus (Sweden)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">993938400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">993938400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169156/Rolf%20Ekeus.jpg?1517306784</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169156/Rolf%20Ekeus.jpg?1517306784</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169156/Rolf%20Ekeus.jpg?1517306784</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-151 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Around 3,000 people are killed in terrorist attacks in the United States</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1000159200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1000159200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Extremists hijack several civilian planes and fly them into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon building in Washington. Another plane crashes in rural Pennsylvania</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169166/800px-WTC_smoking_on_9-11.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169166/800px-WTC_smoking_on_9-11.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169166/800px-WTC_smoking_on_9-11.jpg?1517306788</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Michael Foran on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-152 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">A coalition of states, led by the United States, attack Afghanistan to drive out the extremist al-Qaida network</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1002405600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1002405600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-153 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Bucharest</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">9th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1007334000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1007420400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Bucharest Ministerial Declaration and Bucharest Plan of Action for Combating Terrorism</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169211/Bucharest.jpg?1517306791</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169211/Bucharest.jpg?1517306791</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169211/Bucharest.jpg?1517306791</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mark Sarfati</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Bucharest</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-154 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reappointment of Jan Kubis as Secretary General</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1007420400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1007420400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-155 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Mandates of the OSCE Missions to Estonia and to Latvia expire</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1009753200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1009753200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-156 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Portugal</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169236/portugal.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169236/portugal.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169236/portugal.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-157 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Treaty on Open Skies, signed in 1992, officially enters into force</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-158 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Introduction of euro banknotes and coins</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1009839600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Euro banknotes and coins introduced in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Portugal</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169266/Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169266/Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169266/Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg?1517306793</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Avij</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-159 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Bangkok</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE-Thailand Conference on the Human Dimension of Security</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1024524000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1024610400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Bangkok</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-160 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Porto</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">10th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1039129200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1039215600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Porto Ministerial Declaration, OSCE Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, Declaration on Trafficking in Human Beings, Decision on implementing OSCE commitments and activities on combating terrorism</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169276/MC%20Porto.jpg?1517306795</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169276/MC%20Porto.jpg?1517306795</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169276/MC%20Porto.jpg?1517306795</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Alfredo Cunha</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Porto</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-161 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council establishes the OSCE Office in Minsk</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1041202800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1041202800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus ceases to exist on 31 December 2002</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-162 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: The Netherlands</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1041375600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1072825200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169291/the%20netherlands.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169291/the%20netherlands.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169291/the%20netherlands.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-163 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Christian Strohal (Austria) appointed as 4th Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1044054000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1044054000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169311/2003%20strohal.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169311/2003%20strohal.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169311/2003%20strohal.jpg?1517306797</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-164 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council creates two separate Missions: OSCE Mission to Serbia and OSCE Mission to Montenegro</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1045090800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1045090800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-165 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">International coalition led by the United States attacks Iraq</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1048028400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1048028400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-166 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1060552800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1060552800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">This is NATO's first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year history</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-167 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Maastricht</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">11th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1070233200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1070319600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Adoption of the OSCE Strategy to Address Threats to Security and Stability in the Twenty-First Century, the OSCE Strategy Document for the Economic and Environmental Dimension, and a Statement on South-Eastern Europe as a Region of Co-operation; Endorsement of OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings; Several OSCE States pledging to provide immediate assistance to Georgia to help organize presidential and parliamentary elections, following the country’s ‘Rose Revolution’</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169396/11th.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169396/11th.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169396/11th.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Lubomir Kotek</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Maastricht</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-168 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Bulgaria</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1072911600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1072911600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169406/bulgaria.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169406/bulgaria.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169406/bulgaria.jpg?1517306802</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-169 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 2nd Representative on Freedom of Media Miklós Haraszti (Hungary)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1078873200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1078873200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169421/2004%20rfom%20cropped.jpg?1517306806</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169421/2004%20rfom%20cropped.jpg?1517306806</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169421/2004%20rfom%20cropped.jpg?1517306806</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-170 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Simultaneous explosions of bombs planted by extremists kill 190 people on rush hour trains in Madrid</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1078959600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1078959600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-171 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Violence breaks out over two days in Kosovo</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1079478000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1079478000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes are burned, schools and businesses are vandalized, and over 30 orthodox monasteries and churches are burned and destroyed</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-172 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints a Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1084399200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1084399200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-173 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Extension of the appointment of Rolf Ekéus, as High Commissioner on National Minorities</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1088632800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1088632800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-174 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">The Siege in Beslan, Northern Ossetia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1093989600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1094162400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Chechen rebels take more than 1,000 people hostage, mostly children, in a school in Beslan, Northern Ossetia. They demand the release of Chechen rebels imprisoned in neighbouring Ingushetia and the independence of Chechnya from Russia. Russian forces end the siege in Beslan. At least 335 people (including at least 32 of some 40 hostage-takers) are killed and at least 700 people are injured.</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-175 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Sofia</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">12th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1102287600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1102374000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Sofia Ministerial Statement on Preventing and Combating Terrorism and a Statement of the Ministerial Council on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Decision to establish a Panel of Eminent Persons to review the effectiveness of the OSCE and advise on its future</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169521/Sofia.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169521/Sofia.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169521/Sofia.jpg?1517306807</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Svetoslav Stanchev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Sofia</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-176 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Slovenia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1104534000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1135983600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169556/slovenia.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169556/slovenia.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169556/slovenia.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-177 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Bishkek</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">‘Tulip Revolution’ in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of President Askar Akayev</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1111618800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1111618800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The crowd calling for his removal storms Government House and riots occur throughout the capital</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169571/2005%20april%20kyrgyz.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169571/2005%20april%20kyrgyz.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169571/2005%20april%20kyrgyz.jpg?1517306812</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Magnum Photos, Thomas Dworzak</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Bishkek</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-178 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Pope John Paul II dies. Millions flock to Rome to pay their last respects to the Pontiff</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1112392800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1112392800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-179 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 4th OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1118786400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1118786400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169646/2008%20perrin%20de%20brichmbaut%202.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169646/2008%20perrin%20de%20brichmbaut%202.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169646/2008%20perrin%20de%20brichmbaut%202.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-180 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Attacks in the London underground and on a bus, claimed by Islamic extremists, kill more than 50 people and injure over 200</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1120687200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1120687200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-181 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">30th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1122847200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1122847200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-182 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Ljubljana</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">13th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1133737200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1133823600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Statements on the OSCE's role in solving disputes in the southern Caucasus, specifically in Georgia and the Nagorno-Karabakh area, Decision on strengthening the effectiveness of the OSCE, along with a "road map" for improving the sense of common purpose among the Participating States</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/169666/5333.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/169666/5333.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/169666/5333.jpg?1517306816</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">BOBO, Srdjan Zivulovic</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Ljubljana</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-183 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Belgium</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1136070000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1167519600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168161/belgium.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168161/belgium.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168161/belgium.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-184 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević dies in prison</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1142031600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1142031600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-185 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">The United Nations Human Rights Council is established by UN General Assembly</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1142463600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1142463600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-186 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Montenegro referendum on separation from Serbia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1148162400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1148162400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-187 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision establishes the OSCE Mission to Montenegro</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1151532000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1151532000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168196/2006%20montenegro.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168196/2006%20montenegro.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168196/2006%20montenegro.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Das Kraftfuttermischwerk on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-188 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan officially renamed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1151704800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1151704800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-189 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Brussels</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">14th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1165186800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1165273200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Decision to establish a three-committee structure covering the three dimensions, under the Permanent Council, Decisions and statements on transport, energy, organized crime, criminal justice, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the sexual exploitation of children</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168211/Ministerial%20Council%20Brussels.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168211/Ministerial%20Council%20Brussels.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168211/Ministerial%20Council%20Brussels.jpg?1517306695</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Belga, Benoit Doppagne</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Brussels</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-190 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Spain</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1167606000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1199055600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168221/spain.jpg?1517306698</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168221/spain.jpg?1517306698</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168221/spain.jpg?1517306698</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-191 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Ban Ki-moon of South Korea becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1169506800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1169506800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-192 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Extension of the appointment of Miklós Haraszti as Representative on Freedom of Media</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1173222000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1173222000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-193 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council ends the mandate of the Centre in Dushanbe and establishes the OSCE Office in Tajikistan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1182204000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1182204000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The new OSCE Office in Tajikistan established with a new mandate and 5 field offices in Khujand, Kurgan-Tyube, Garm, Kulyab and Shaartuz</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168246/Mission%20to%20Tajikistan%20-%20Dushanbe%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168246/Mission%20to%20Tajikistan%20-%20Dushanbe%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168246/Mission%20to%20Tajikistan%20-%20Dushanbe%203.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Khwahan on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-194 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Kazakhstan</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Centre in Almaty is moved to Astana (maintains a liaison office in Almaty)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1183240800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1183240800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168256/2007%20astana.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168256/2007%20astana.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168256/2007%20astana.jpg?1517306699</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Jirka Dl on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Kazakhstan</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-195 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 3d High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek (Norway)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1183500000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1183500000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168276/4%20July%20-%20Knut%20Vollebaek%20-%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-%20Jonathan%20Perfect.jpg?1517306700</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168276/4%20July%20-%20Knut%20Vollebaek%20-%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-%20Jonathan%20Perfect.jpg?1517306700</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168276/4%20July%20-%20Knut%20Vollebaek%20-%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-%20Jonathan%20Perfect.jpg?1517306700</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Jonathan Perfect</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-196 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Madrid</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">15th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1196290800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1196377200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Increased OSCE support to Afghanistan; Formal presentation by the United States, France and Russia to the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers of a set of Basic Principles for the Peaceful Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict; Decisions on public-private partnerships to counter terrorism, protecting energy infrastructure from terrorist attack, combating sexual exploitation of children over the Internet as well as trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation, promoting tolerance and non-discrimination, and water management and environmental security</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168291/2007%20min%20counc%20-%20new.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168291/2007%20min%20counc%20-%20new.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168291/2007%20min%20counc%20-%20new.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Madrid</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-197 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Finland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1199142000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1230678000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168336/finland.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168336/finland.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168336/finland.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-198 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reappointment of Marc Perrin de Brichambaut as Secretary General</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1214863200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1214863200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-199 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Janez Lenarčič (Slovenia) appointed as 5th Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1214863200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1214863200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168401/2008%20lenarcic%20odihr.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168401/2008%20lenarcic%20odihr.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168401/2008%20lenarcic%20odihr.jpg?1517306708</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Susanna Lööf</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-200 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">16th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1228345200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1228431600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Agreement on a ministerial statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Decisions to enhance OSCE efforts to improve the situation of Roma and Sinti and to combat trafficking in human beings, Decisions on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition, and countering terrorism</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168431/2008%20dec%2016%20min%20counc.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168431/2008%20dec%2016%20min%20counc.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168431/2008%20dec%2016%20min%20counc.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Petri Krook</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-201 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Greece</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1230764400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1262214000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168341/greece.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168341/greece.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168341/greece.jpg?1517306704</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-202 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Inauguration of the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1243375200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1243375200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168456/27%20May%20-Chairperson%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Permanent%20Council%2C%20Amb.%20Mara%20Marinaki%20%28left%29%2C%20and%20Hamrokhon%20Zarifi%2C%20Tajik%20MFA%2C%20at%20the%20launch%20ceremony%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Border%20Management%20Staff%20College%2CDushanbe%20%28c%29%20OSCE-Firuza%20Gulomaseinova.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168456/27%20May%20-Chairperson%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Permanent%20Council%2C%20Amb.%20Mara%20Marinaki%20%28left%29%2C%20and%20Hamrokhon%20Zarifi%2C%20Tajik%20MFA%2C%20at%20the%20launch%20ceremony%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Border%20Management%20Staff%20College%2CDushanbe%20%28c%29%20OSCE-Firuza%20Gulomaseinova.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168456/27%20May%20-Chairperson%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Permanent%20Council%2C%20Amb.%20Mara%20Marinaki%20%28left%29%2C%20and%20Hamrokhon%20Zarifi%2C%20Tajik%20MFA%2C%20at%20the%20launch%20ceremony%20of%20the%20OSCE%20Border%20Management%20Staff%20College%2CDushanbe%20%28c%29%20OSCE-Firuza%20Gulomaseinova.jpg?1517306714</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Firuza Gulomaseinova</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-203 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Corfu</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Informal Ministerial Meeting launches "Corfu Process," steps to take the dialogue on European security forward</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1246053600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1246140000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168476/28%20june%20corfu%20informal%20meeting%20session%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Susanna%20L%C3%B6%C3%B6f.jpg?1517306716</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168476/28%20june%20corfu%20informal%20meeting%20session%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Susanna%20L%C3%B6%C3%B6f.jpg?1517306716</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168476/28%20june%20corfu%20informal%20meeting%20session%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Susanna%20L%C3%B6%C3%B6f.jpg?1517306716</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Susanna Lööf</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Corfu</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-204 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1259622000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1259622000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-205 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Athens</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">17th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1259622000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1259708400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Ministerial Declaration on the OSCE Corfu Process, Statement urging peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Decisions on strengthening dialogue and co-operation on energy security and on women's participation in political and public life</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168486/2009%20min%20council.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168486/2009%20min%20council.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168486/2009%20min%20council.jpg?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, George Kontarinis</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Athens</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-206 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Kazakhstan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1262300400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1293750000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168506/kz.png?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168506/kz.png?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168506/kz.png?1517306719</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-207 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of the 3rd Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1268262000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1268262000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/170561/2010%20mijatovic.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/170561/2010%20mijatovic.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/170561/2010%20mijatovic.jpg?1517306833</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Micky Kroell</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-208 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40 people</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1269813600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1269813600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168521/2010%20moscow%20metro%20bombing.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168521/2010%20moscow%20metro%20bombing.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168521/2010%20moscow%20metro%20bombing.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Stanislav Kozlovskiy</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-209 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Polish President Lech Kaczyński and key government leaders killed in plane crash in Russia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1270850400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1270850400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-210 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Extension of the appointment of Knut Vollebæk, as High Commissioner on National Minorities</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1282255200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1282255200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-211 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Kyrgyzstan</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Establishment of the Community Security Initiative</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1290034800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1290034800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168546/2010%20comm%20sec%20initiative.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168546/2010%20comm%20sec%20initiative.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168546/2010%20comm%20sec%20initiative.jpg?1517306727</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Eric Gourlan</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Kyrgyzstan</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-212 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Astana</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">7th OSCE Summit adopts Astana Commemorative Declaration</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1291158000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1291244400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Astana Commemorative Declaration: Towards a Security Community, reaffirming commitment to OSCE principles</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168556/1-2%20December%20-%20Heads%20of%20government%20and%20State%20-%20Summit%20in%20Astana%202010%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Vladimir%20Trofimchuk.jpg?1517306733</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168556/1-2%20December%20-%20Heads%20of%20government%20and%20State%20-%20Summit%20in%20Astana%202010%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Vladimir%20Trofimchuk.jpg?1517306733</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168556/1-2%20December%20-%20Heads%20of%20government%20and%20State%20-%20Summit%20in%20Astana%202010%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Vladimir%20Trofimchuk.jpg?1517306733</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Vladimir Trofimchuk</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Astana</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-213 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1291676400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1291676400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168566/2010%20assange%202.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168566/2010%20assange%202.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168566/2010%20assange%202.jpg?1517306736</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Espen Moe on Wikimedia.org</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-214 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision renames Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje to OSCE Mission to Skopje</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1292454000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1292454000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-215 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">"Arab Spring" triggered</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1292540400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1292540400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Street vendor Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire, sparking anti-government protests in Tunis that trigger the "Arab spring"</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-216 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Mandate of the Office in Minsk expires</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1293750000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1293750000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-217 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Lithuania</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1293836400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1325286000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168611/lithuania.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168611/lithuania.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168611/lithuania.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-218 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Moscow</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Terrorist bombing at Moscow airport, more than 30 died</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1295823600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1295823600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168626/24%20january%20-%20russian%20FSB%20at%20Domodedovo%20after%20explosion%20-%20%28C%29%20Andrej%20Stenin%20%28WIKIPEDIA%29.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168626/24%20january%20-%20russian%20FSB%20at%20Domodedovo%20after%20explosion%20-%20%28C%29%20Andrej%20Stenin%20%28WIKIPEDIA%29.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168626/24%20january%20-%20russian%20FSB%20at%20Domodedovo%20after%20explosion%20-%20%28C%29%20Andrej%20Stenin%20%28WIKIPEDIA%29.jpg?1517306740</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Ria Novosti Archive, Andrej Stenin</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Moscow</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-219 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes Japan</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1299798000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1299798000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The earthquake triggers a tsunami that kills thousands people and an accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-220 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Osama bin Laden killed</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1304287200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1304287200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-221 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Serbian authorities arrest former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1306360800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1306360800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Mladić was wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-222 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Appointment of Ambassador Lamberto Zannier (Italy) as Secretary General of the OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1309384800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1309384800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168686/1%20july%20-%20SG%20Zannier%20reappointed%20-%20%28C%29%20OSCE.jpg?1517306742</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168686/1%20july%20-%20SG%20Zannier%20reappointed%20-%20%28C%29%20OSCE.jpg?1517306742</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168686/1%20july%20-%20SG%20Zannier%20reappointed%20-%20%28C%29%20OSCE.jpg?1517306742</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-223 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reappointment of Janez Lenarčič as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1309471200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1309471200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">The appointment is for another 3 years</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-224 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Anders Behring Breivik carries out two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks in Norway</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1311285600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1311285600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168711/2011%20breivik.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168711/2011%20breivik.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168711/2011%20breivik.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Dmitry Valberg on Flickr</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-225 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey, hundreds dead</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1319320800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1319320800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-226 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Greek Prime Minister resigns over debt crisis</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1320966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1320966000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-227 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vilnius</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">18th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1323126000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1323212400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Declaration on combating all forms of human trafficking, Decisions on enhancing OSCE capabilities in early warning, early action, dialogue facilitation and mediation support, post-conflict rehabilitation, addressing transnational threats, promoting equal opportunity for women in the economic sphere, strengthening the transport dialogue, the role of the OSCE in facilitating UN Security Council Resolution 1540, dealing with small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition, and on issues relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation, Decisions to enhance engagement with OSCE Partners for Co-operation</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168736/2011%20dec%20min%20counc%20lietuva.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168736/2011%20dec%20min%20counc%20lietuva.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168736/2011%20dec%20min%20counc%20lietuva.jpg?1517306744</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Jonathan Perfect</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vilnius</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-228 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Ireland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1325372400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1356908400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168786/ireland.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168786/ireland.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168786/ireland.jpg?1517306750</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-229 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Creation of the Transnational threats (TNT) Department within the Secretariat</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1326150000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1326150000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-230 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dublin</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">19th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1354748400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1354834800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Launch of Helsinki +40 Process, Statement of support for newly invigorated talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168831/7%20december%20-%20OSCE%20Chairperson-in-Office%2C%20Ireland%20Deputy%20Prime%20Minister%20and%20Minister%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs%20and%20Trade%20Eamon%20Gilmore%20%28c%29%20concluding%20the%202012%20OSCE%20MC%20in%20Dublin%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Dan%20Dennison.jpg.jpg?1517306757</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168831/7%20december%20-%20OSCE%20Chairperson-in-Office%2C%20Ireland%20Deputy%20Prime%20Minister%20and%20Minister%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs%20and%20Trade%20Eamon%20Gilmore%20%28c%29%20concluding%20the%202012%20OSCE%20MC%20in%20Dublin%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Dan%20Dennison.jpg.jpg?1517306757</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168831/7%20december%20-%20OSCE%20Chairperson-in-Office%2C%20Ireland%20Deputy%20Prime%20Minister%20and%20Minister%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs%20and%20Trade%20Eamon%20Gilmore%20%28c%29%20concluding%20the%202012%20OSCE%20MC%20in%20Dublin%20%28C%29%20OSCE-Dan%20Dennison.jpg.jpg?1517306757</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Dan Dennison</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dublin</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-231 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Ukraine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1356994800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1388444400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168846/ukraine.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168846/ukraine.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168846/ukraine.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-232 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">The Hague</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Astrid Thors (Finland) appointed as 4th OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1374012000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1374012000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168856/17%20July%20-%20Astrid%20Thors%20newly%20appointed%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-Micky%20Kroell.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168856/17%20July%20-%20Astrid%20Thors%20newly%20appointed%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-Micky%20Kroell.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168856/17%20July%20-%20Astrid%20Thors%20newly%20appointed%20OSCE%20High%20Commissioner%20on%20National%20Minorities%20%28C%29%20OSCE%20-Micky%20Kroell.jpg?1517306759</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Micky Kroell</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">The Hague</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-233 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Kyiv</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">20th Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1386198000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1386284400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Decisions on addressing protracted conflicts, stronger OSCE work on energy and environment, increased efforts to address transnational threats, human dimension agreements on religious freedom and Roma, and a reaffirmation of the Helsinki +40 process to map the OSCE’s future path</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168876/2013%20mc%20kyiv.jpg?1517306761</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168876/2013%20mc%20kyiv.jpg?1517306761</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168876/2013%20mc%20kyiv.jpg?1517306761</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Sergey Gladkevich</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Kyiv</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-234 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Kazakhstan</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Liaison office in Almaty is relocated to Astana</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1387494000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1387494000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Kazakhstan</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-235 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Switzerland</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1388530800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1419980400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168891/switzerland.png?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168891/switzerland.png?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168891/switzerland.png?1517306763</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-236 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Ukraine</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Crisis in and around Ukraine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1395270000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1395270000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Ukraine</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-237 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision to deploy Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1395356400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1395356400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168911/2014%20smm.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168911/2014%20smm.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168911/2014%20smm.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Evgeniy Maloletka</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-238 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Reappointment of Ambassador Lamberto Zannier as Secretary General</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1404165600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1404165600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-239 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Warsaw</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Michael Georg Link (Germany) appointed as 6th Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1404165600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1404165600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168926/2014%20georg%20link.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168926/2014%20georg%20link.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168926/2014%20georg%20link.jpg?1517306764</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Piotr Markowski</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Warsaw</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-240 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine killing all 298 people on board</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1405548000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1405548000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168931/2014%20mh17.jpg?1517306766</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168931/2014%20mh17.jpg?1517306766</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168931/2014%20mh17.jpg?1517306766</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE, Evgeniy Maloletka</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-241 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Permanent Council Decision to deploy Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1406152800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1406152800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168936/2014%20gukovo%20donetsk127066.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168936/2014%20gukovo%20donetsk127066.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168936/2014%20gukovo%20donetsk127066.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Reuters, Maxim Shemetov</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-242 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Basel</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">21st Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1417647600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1417734000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">Declaration on further steps in Helsinki +40 Process; Statement on negotiations on the Transdniestrian Settlement Process in the "5 +2" format; Decisions on prevention of corruption, enhancing disaster risk reduction, preventing and combatting violence against women, small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168946/2014%2021st%20mc%20.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168946/2014%2021st%20mc%20.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168946/2014%2021st%20mc%20.jpg?1517306767</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Basel</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-243 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Vienna</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Serbia</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1420066800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1451516400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168951/serbia.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168951/serbia.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168951/serbia.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Vienna</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-244 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Astana</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Centre in Astana is transformed into the OSCE Programme Office in Astana</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1420066800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1420066800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168956/OSCE%20Programme%20Office%20in%20Astana.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168956/OSCE%20Programme%20Office%20in%20Astana.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168956/OSCE%20Programme%20Office%20in%20Astana.jpg?1517306768</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Zhaniya Baimbetova</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Astana</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-245 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">The number of people fleeing Syria surges to over 4,000,000</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1420066800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1420066800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text">In 2015, the number of people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Syria surges to over 4,000,000 according to UNHCR</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large"></div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits"></div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-246 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Terrorists kill 11 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1420585200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1420585200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168961/Charlie%20Hebdo.jpg?1517306770</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168961/Charlie%20Hebdo.jpg?1517306770</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168961/Charlie%20Hebdo.jpg?1517306770</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">World</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">REUTERS, Jacky Naegelen</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-247 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Helsinki</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">40th Anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1438380000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1438380000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168976/hlogo3.png?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168976/hlogo3.png?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168976/hlogo3.png?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Large</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Helsinki</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-248 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Belgrade</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">22nd Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1449097200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1449183600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/168981/207026.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/168981/207026.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/168981/207026.jpg?1517306772</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE/Jonathan Perfect</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Belgrade</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-249 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Germany</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1451602800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1483138800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/329916/Flag_of_Germany.svg_.png?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/329916/Flag_of_Germany.svg_.png?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/329916/Flag_of_Germany.svg_.png?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com/</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-250 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Hamburg</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">23rd OSCE Ministerial Council</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1481151600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1481238000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/329941/287756.jpg?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/329941/287756.jpg?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/329941/287756.jpg?1517306834</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Auswaertiges Amt/photothek.net</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Hamburg</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-251 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Chairmanship: Austria</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1483225200</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1514674800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Year</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/330196/900px-Flag_of_Austria.svg_.png?1517306839</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/330196/900px-Flag_of_Austria.svg_.png?1517306839</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/330196/900px-Flag_of_Austria.svg_.png?1517306839</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">www.all-flags-world.com</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-252 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine patrol member killed in explosion near Luhansk</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1492898400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1492898400</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/332006/7.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/332006/7.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/332006/7.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-253 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Bishkek</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Centre in Bishkek was transformed into the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1493589600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1493589600</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/330241/4032.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/330241/4032.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/330241/4032.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Bishkek</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-254 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content">Dushanbe</span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">OSCE Office in Tajikistan was transformed into the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1498860000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1498860000</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Day</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/330256/274261.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/330256/274261.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/330256/274261.jpg?1517306841</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Small</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">Chris Price</div> <div class="timeline-event-location">Dushanbe</div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-255 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Thomas Greminger (Switzerland) appointed as the 6th OSCE Secretary General</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/332011/330291%20%281%29.jpg?1517306842</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/332011/330291%20%281%29.jpg?1517306842</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/332011/330291%20%281%29.jpg?1517306842</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-256 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (Iceland) appointed as 7th Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/332136/DSC_8530.JPG?1517306844</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/332136/DSC_8530.JPG?1517306844</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/332136/DSC_8530.JPG?1517306844</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-257 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Lamberto Zannier (Italy) appointed as 5th OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-to"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div class="timeline-event-date-granularity">Month</div> <div class="timeline-event-url"></div> <div class="timeline-event-text"></div> <div class="timeline-event-image-small">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_small/f/images/timeline/332201/118197.jpg?1517306846</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-medium">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_medium/f/images/timeline/332201/118197.jpg?1517306846</div> <div class="timeline-event-image-large">https://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/timeline_large/f/images/timeline/332201/118197.jpg?1517306846</div> <div class="timeline-event-type">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-size">Medium</div> <div class="timeline-event-credits">OSCE</div> <div class="timeline-event-location"></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-258 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-event-location-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-event"> <div class="timeline-event-title">Harlem Désir (France) appointed as the 4th OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media</div> <div class="timeline-event-date-from"><span class="date-display-single">1500328800</span></div> <div 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