OSCE Mission to Estonia (closed)

Mission's tasks included the following elements:

• Establishing and maintaining contacts with competent authorities on both the national and the local level, in particular with those responsible for citizenship, migration, language questions, social services and employment;
• Establishing and maintaining contacts with relevant non-governmental institutions and organizations, including political parties, trade unions and mass media organizations;
• Collecting information and serving as a clearing-house for information, technical assistance and advice on matters relating to the status of the communities in Estonia and the rights and duties of their members;
• Contributing to the efforts of Estonian national and local authorities to re-create a civic society, inter alia through the promotion of local mechanisms to facilitate dialogue and understanding; and
• By keeping in mind the temporary nature of the Mission, considering ways and means of transferring its responsibilities to institutions or organizations representing the local population.

News archive related to the work of the Mission is available here.

For more information, see the survey of OSCE field operations or contact the OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Centre:
Office: +43 1 514 36 6122
Fax: +43 1 514 36 6996
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