As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the Permanent Council, Vienna October 11, 2012 We welcome President Migliori to the Permanent Council for the first time since his election at the Monaco Annual Session. I attended the Annual Session, and found it a dynamic and substantive meeting.  The Monaco Declaration and resolutions give us important ... Read More»

As delivered by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher Midura to the Permanent Council, Vienna October 11, 2012 We welcome the return of Lieutenant Colonel Napiontek to the Permanent Council and thank him for his report. The United States considers good relations between neighbors an important indication of the successful realization of our shared principle ... Read More»

As delivered by Margaret Paton at the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference Vienna, October 11, 2012 The United States commends the Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Trafficking in Human Beings for convening the Twelfth Alliance against Trafficking in Persons event.  We appreciate this opportunity for the OSCE to strengthen its partnership ... Read More»

As prepared for delivery by Ambassador Michael Kozak OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting Warsaw, October 5, 2012 Mr. Chairman, We thank ODIHR and Poland for once again hosting the HDIM in this lively city of Warsaw.  We are mindful that our annual meeting takes place in a country where freedom and democracy are not just ... Read More»

Including: Democracy at the national, regional, and local levels; Citizenship and political rights As prepared for delivery by Ambassador Avis T. Bohlen OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting Warsaw, October 4, 2012 Moderator, in the 1990 Copenhagen Document, the OSCE participating States elaborated on essential elements of democracy, including the accountability of government to the elected ... Read More»