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Deputy Secretary James Steinberg addresses the first plenary session of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens. (Photo: OSCE/George Kontarinis)
The 17th OSCE Ministerial Council
The 17th OSCE Ministerial Council was held in Athens, Greece on December 1-2, 2009. The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). At the Ministerial Council, the Foreign Ministers of OSCE participating States review and assess the activities of the Organization. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg led the United States delegation.
U.S. Statement
OSCE Ministerial Council Plenary Statement -- [Русский]
As delivered by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
Ministerial Declarations
- On the OSCE Corfu Process: Reconfirm-Review-Reinvigorate Security and Co-operation from Vancouver to Vladivostok
- On Non-Proliferation
- On the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- On the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the World War II
Ministerial Statement
Adopted Decisions
- Furthering the Corfu Process
- Further OSCE Efforts to Address Transnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability
- Further Measures to Support and Promote the International Legal Framework Against Terrorism
- OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
- Combating Hate Crimes
- Enhancing OSCE Efforts to Ensure Roma and Sinti Sustainable Integration
- Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition
- Issues Relevant to the Forum for Security Cooperation
- Women's Participation in Political and Public Life
- Strengthening Dialogue and Co-Operation on Energy Security in the OSCE Area
- Future Orientation of the Economic and Environmental Dimension
- Migration Management
- Travel Document Security - ICAO Public Key Directory
- Forwarding of Draft Documents to the Ministerial Council
- Time and Place of the Next Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2012
- Granting of the Status of Partner for Co-Operation to Australia
OSCE Minsk Group Statement
Joint statement by the heads of delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan:
- Deputy Secretary James Steinberg
- FM of France Bernard Kouchner
- FM of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov
- FM of Armenia Edward Nalbandian
- FM of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov
Previous Ministerials
2008: Helsinki
2007: Madrid
2006: Brussels
2005: Ljubljana
2004: Sofia
Additional Information from OSCE
• 17th Ministerial Council website
• About Ministerial Councils
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