Home About this Mission USOSCE Statements Public Affairs Employment Links 12th OSCE Ministerial Council The 12th OSCE Ministerial Council was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 6-7, 2004 in the National Palace of Culture. The Ministerial Council, formerly Council of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), meets once a year towards the end of every term of chairmanship (but not usually in years when there is a Summit) to consider issues relevant to the OSCE and take appropriate decisions. These meetings help to maintain a link between the political decisions taken at the summits and the day-to-day functioning of the Organization, thus providing a point of reference for its other institutions. Amb. Stephan M. Minikes, Secretary of State Colin Powell • Remarks by Secretary of State Colin Powell to the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE • Remarks by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bulgarian FM Solomon Passy after their meeting Decisions adopted at the 12th OSCE Ministerial Council • MC Decision on OSCE Border Security • Combating the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes • Reporting Lost/Stolen Passports to Interpol's automated search facility/stolen travel document database • Further Implementing the OSCE Document on Stockpiles of conventional ammunition • End-User Certificates and Verification Procedures for SALW Exports • Enhancing Container Security • Improving the Efficiency and the Effectiveness of the Economic Forum • Combating Corruption • Tolerance and Non- Discrimination • Special Needs for Child Victims of Trafficking for Protection and Assistance • 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality • Role of the OSCE Secretary General • OSCE and Its Partners for Co-operation • Time and Place of the Next Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council • Extension of mandate of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities • Establishment of a panel of eminent persons on strengthening the effectiveness of the OSCE • Ministerial Declaration on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the End of World War II • Statement of the Ministerial Council on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict • OSCE principles on control of brokering in small arms and light weapons • OSCE principles for export controls of man-portable air defence systems • OSCE Chairmanship in the year 2007 • Sofia Ministerial Statement on Preventing and Combating Terrorism Sec. State Powell with Bulgarian FM Solomon Passy » About the U.S. Mission and the OSCE      » USOSCE website on 2003 OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary Colin Powell Secretary Colin Powell with Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Secretary Colin Powell This website is maintained by the Public Affairs Office. Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. Home · Contact · Disclaimer · Sitemap · Search