18th OSCE Ministerial Council
When
6 December 2011 (All day) - 7 December 2011 (All day)
Where
Vilnius, Lithuania
Organized by
Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship
The 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius is being held in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (Litexpo Complex), on 6-7 December 2011. (OSCE/Jonathan Perfect) 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 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius:
- Decision on elements of the conflict cycle, related to enhancing the OSCE’s capabilities in early warning, early action, dialogue facilitation and mediation support, and post-conflict rehabilitation
- Ministerial Declaration on Combating All Forms of Human Trafficking
- Decision on the issues relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation
- Decision on strengthening OSCE engagement with Afghanistan
- Decision on the OSCE consecutive Chairmanships in 2014 and 2015, subject to a silence procedure expiring on Friday, 10 February 2012, at 12 noon CET
- Decision on the small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
- Decision on the strengthening co-ordination and coherence in the OSCE's efforts to address transnational threats
- Decision on the strengthening transport dialogue in the OSCE
- Decision on the Partners for Co-operation
- Decision on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Decision on the appointment of the OSCE Secretary General
- Decision on the promoting equal opportunity for women in the economic sphere
- Decision on the reappointment of Ambassador Janez Lenarčič as as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Decision on the proper role of the OSCE in facilitation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540
- Decision on the application of Mongolia to become a participating State
News releases
- Vilnius Ministerial Council concludes with decisions to strengthen responses to conflicts and transnational threats, engagement with Afghanistan and other Partner countries
- OSCE Ministerial Council opens with call to address transnational threats, protracted conflicts, strengthen engagement with partners
- Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson