Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Year Country Chairman-in-Office
1991 Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher ( from June )
1992 Czechoslovakia Jiří Dienstbier ( until 2 July ) ; Jozef Moravčík ( from 3 July )
1993 Sweden Margaretha af Ugglas
1994 Italy Beniamino Andreatta ( until 11 May ) ; Antonio Martino ( from 12 May )
1995 Hungary László Kovács
1996 Switzerland Flavio Cotti
1997 Denmark Niels Helveg Petersen
1998 Poland Bronisław Geremek
1999 Norway Knut Vollebæk
2000 Austria Wolfgang Schüssel ( until 4 February ) ; Benita Ferrero-Waldner ( from 5 February )
2001 Romania Mircea Geoană
2002 Portugal Jaime Gama ( until 6 April ) ; António Martins da Cruz ( from 7 April )
2003 Netherlands Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ( until 3 December ) ; Bernard Bot ( from 4 December )
2004 Bulgaria Solomon Passy
2005 Slovenia Dimitrij Rupel
2006 Belgium Karel De Gucht
2007 Spain Miguel Ángel Moratinos
2008 Finland Ilkka Kanerva ( until 4 April ) ; Alexander Stubb ( from 5 April )
2009 Greece Dora Bakoyannis ( until 5 October ) ; George Papandreou ( from 6 October )
2010 Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev
Chairmanship -- Chairmanship history
Chairmanship of the OSCE is held by a member state on a calendar-year basis , with the minister for foreign affairs of that state performing the function of Chairman-in-Office . The table below shows the holders since 1991 . [ 22 ]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and fair elections. It employs around 3,460 people, mostly in its field operations but also in its secretariat in Vienna, Austria and its institutions. It has its origins in the 1975 Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland. The OSCE is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. Its 57 participating countries are located in Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. The participating states cover much of the land area of the Northern Hemisphere. It was created during the Cold War era as an East-West forum.