21st OSCE Ministerial Council
When
4 December 2014 (All day) - 5 December 2014 (All day)
Where
Basel, Switzerland
Organized by
Swiss OSCE Chairmanship
The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s activities and strengthen the dialogue on security issues in the OSCE area.
Final Decisions and Declarations
The following final decisions and declarations were adopted at the 2014 OSCE Ministerial Council:
- Declaration on further steps in the Helsinki+40 Process
- Ministerial statement on the negotiations on the Transdniestrian Settlement Process in the "5+2"format
- Declaration on youth
- Declaration on the Transfer of Ownership to the Parties to the Agreement on Sub-regional Arms Control, Annex 1B, Article IV of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Declaration on the OSCE role in countering the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters in the context of the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014)
- Declaration on the OSCE role in countering kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups in the context of the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 2133 (2014)
- Decision on the prevention of corruption
- Decision on enhancing disaster risk reduction
- Decision on preventing and combating violence against women
- Decision on an addendum to the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality
- Ministerial commemorative declaration on the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War
- Declaration on enhancing efforts to combat anti-Semitism
- Declaration on co-operation with the Mediterranean Partners
- Ministerial declaration on co-operation with the Asian Partners
- Decision on small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
- Commemorative Declaration on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
- Decision on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2016
- Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2017
- Decision on the appointment of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Decision on the extension of the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General
News releases
- OSCE proves its value and ability as a forum for dialogue, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter as Basel Ministerial Council ends
- Summary by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter of the first day of discussions at the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Commemorative Publication marks 20 years of key OSCE document on promoting democratic control of armed and security forces
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia take ownership of regional arms control, Dayton Peace Agreement Article IV Annex 1/B: Mission accomplished
- Ukraine in focus as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter opens 21st Ministerial Council in Basel
- Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
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21st Ministerial Council