The annual meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council will be held in the Basel Congress Centre at the beginning of December 2014. Organising this major political event is one of Switzerland's obligations as the Chair of the OSCE in 2014. The foreign ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 OSCE partner States, as well as around 1,200 delegates and 200 journalists, are due to attend. The Ministerial Council will make decisions on current issues concerning the OSCE and the Swiss Chairmanship's activities.
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OSCE Ministerial Council 2014
Thursday, 04.12.2014 Friday, 05.12.2014
OSCE
Location: Basel
Additional information
Links
- OSCE Ambassador Heidi Grau appears on «Tagesgespräch» (de)
5 December 2014, SRF - Logistical information for the media
- The conference on the website of the OSCE
- Twitter: #OSCEMC2014
News
- Commemorative Publication marks 20 years of key OSCE Document on Promoting Democratic Control of Armed and Security Forces (5 December 2014)
- 2014 OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel: clear endorsement of OSCE as platform for dialogue with capacity to act (5 December 2014)
- Ukraine in focus as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter opens 21st Ministerial Council in Basel (OSCE, 4 December 2014)
- Switzerland steps up support for OSCE monitoring mission and further de-escalation measures in Ukraine (4 December 2014)
- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter receives civil society recommendations ahead of the Ministerial Council in Basel (OSCE, 3 December 2014)
- Some 50 foreign ministers of OSCE states to attend the 2014 Ministerial Council meeting in Basel (2 December 2014)
Speeches
- Opening address by Mr Didier Burkhalter, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and President of the Swiss Confederation
- Opening Statement by Mr Didier Burkhalter, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and President of the Swiss Confederation at the Informal Ministerial Dinner
- Introductory remarks by Mr Didier Burkhalter, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and President of the Swiss Confederation at the Plenary session II
- «Closing Statement at the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council»