17th OSCE Ministerial Council
When
1 December 2009 (All day) - 2 December 2009 (All day)
Where
Athens, Greece
Organized by
Greek OSCE Chairmanship
The closing session under way at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council, Athens, 2 December 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) Photo details
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 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens:
- Decision on Issues Relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation
- Decision on the Strengthening Dialogue and Co-Operation on Energy Security in the OSCE Area
- Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition
- Decision on the Travel Document Security - ICAO Public Key Directory
- Decision on Forwarding of Draft Documents to the Ministerial Council
- Decision on Forwarding of Draft Documents to the Ministerial Council
- Decision on Further OSCE Efforts to Address Transnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability
- Decision on the OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
- Decision on the Migration Management
- Decision on the Future Orientation of the Economic and Environmental Dimension
- Decision on Furthering the Corfu Process
- Decision on Further Measures to Support and Promote the International Legal Framework Against Terrorism
- Decision on the Time and Place of the Next Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Decision on Granting of the Status of Partner for Co-Operation to Australia
- Decision on the OSCE Chairmanship in the Year 2012
- Decision on Women's Participation in Political and Public Life
- Decision on combating hate crimes
- Decision on enhancing OSCE efforts to ensure Roma and Sinti sustainable integration
- Ministerial Declaration on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Ministerial Declaration on the OSCE Corfu Process: Reconfirm-Review-Reinvigorate Security and Co-operation from Vancouver to Vladivostok
- Ministerial Declaration on Non-Proliferation
- Ministerial Declaration on the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the World War II
- Ministerial Statement
News releases
- Declaration adopted at OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens charts way ahead for dialogue on European security
- Athens Ministerial Council begins with call for unity on European security dialogue
- OSCE foreign ministers take forward European security dialogue in Athens