With 57 States from Europe, Central Asia and America, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world’s largest regional security organization.
Since the early 1970s, the OSCE, then known as the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, has occupied a unique and central place in European security. Equipped with operational capabilities on the ground, we work for stability, peace and democracy for more than a billion people.
Within the politico-military dimension, the OSCE seeks to create greater openness, transparency and co-operation and has developed the world’s most advanced framework of arms control and confidence- and security-building measures. Areas of work include reforms in the security sector and the safe storage and destruction of small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition.
Factsheet: What is the OSCE? With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE is the world’s largest regional security organization. The OSCE works for stability, peace and democracy for more than a billion people, through political dialogue about shared values and through practical work that makes a lasting difference.
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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides support, assistance and expertise to participating States and civil society to promote democracy, rule of law, human rights and tolerance and non-discrimination. ODIHR observes elections, reviews legislation and advises governments on how to develop and sustain democratic institutions. The Office conducts training ...
Standing ovations at the first CSCECSCE Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe Summit after the signing of the Helsinki Accords, which laid the foundations for the work of the CSCE/OSCE. Helsinki, 1 August 1975.