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On the 40th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act on Security and Co-Operation in Europe In the 40 years since the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, the OSCE, which began as the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), has seen its fair share of ups and downs, both during and after the Cold War. The successes, which without a doubt include the signing of the Final Act in 1975 and the ...
This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship ...
... Manager Natalia Yevtikhevich. The report and key project conclusions were submitted on July 6 at the Plenary Session of the OSCE PA 24th Annual Session devoted to the 40th anniversary to the signature of the Helsinki Final Act and opened by the president ... ... visas under the EU sanctions. Participation of delegations and reasonable sanction limits were also a matter of discussion. Helsinki +40 Project presentation of results - FIIA, Helsinki, 5 July 2015 Annual Session, Helsinki, 5-9 July 2015
Over the course of the last forty years, the OSCE’s “area of responsibility” remains a zone of protracted conflicts. Certainly, the amount of violence in the region is less acute in comparison to other hot beds across the globe; however, the number and nature of potential conflicts ...
Among the multitude of international organizations existing today, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is a unique case. It brings together 57 states across three continents in an effort to build peace and prosperity based on a comprehensive understanding of security. For the past 40 years, despite all the crises and disagreements the OSCE has faced,...
... These principles included sovereign equality, refraining from the threat or use of force, and respect for human rights. The Helsinki Final Act helped European countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain to overcome their divide. After 1991, the CSCE/OSCE was the spearhead of post-Cold War settlement and democratization. By the end of the 20th century, it became the world’s largest security-oriented organization. However, this was also the time when it faced a systemic and existential crisis....
... has undergone a major test. However, we should admit that even before the Ukraine crisis, the architecture of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security remained shaky and unstable. In this context, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as the most comprehensive and inclusive international organization in the region, should reconsider its approach to building a security community in a changing world that is currently confronted with three fundamental and intertwined challenges....
... the past and hardly effective as foreign policy tools since they damage both Russia and European countries. Many said that the OSCE seems the least efficient organization in the Ukraine context. It was the third Helsinki+40 seminar, the first one held by ... ... will take place in Belgrade next May. Within the framework of this project RIAC organizes an essay contest for young experts . Helsinki +40 seminar #3 - UI/Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, 11 March 2015
... 25, 2014, RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich took part in a meeting of Helsinki +40 Advisory Board at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute held to discuss the outcomes of international seminars in Moscow last September 25 (“Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE”) and in Washington on November 18, 2014 (“Helsinki+40: Significance for Transatlantic Relations”). The SIPRI event participants have prepared the agenda for the next March 2015 seminar in Stockholm, and discussed future cooperation ...
On November 18, 2014 in Washington, DC, the German Marshall Fund of the United States held seminar “ Helsinki+40: the Significance for Transatlantic Relations ”, the second one in the series initiated by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly within project “Helsinki+40.” Last September, a similar event took place in Moscow . The Washington session was attended by GMF President Karen Donfreid, OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, Cochairman of “Helsinki+40” ...
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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