December 1995
Ministerial council
5th Ministerial Council
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…
November 1995
Seminar
Human Dimension Seminar focuses on rule of law
The November 1995 Human Dimension Seminar, held by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, focused on the rule of law, including its constitutional foundations, implementation and practical measures.
Conference
Meeting highlights role of trans-European infrastructure projects for stability and co-operation in Black Sea region
The meeting in Sofia on the Black Sea region highlighted existing infrastructure projects, possible measures to accelerate their implementation, the role of cross-border co-operation and the identification of possible steps to overcome…
Seminar
OSCE focuses on tourism
Bucharest hosted a three-day Seminar on Tourism, which focused on the development and diversification of the tourist industry, tourist potential in countries in transition and tourism as a means to foster human and cultural exchanges.
October 1995
Conference
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia admitted to OSCE
The OSCE Permanent Council admitted the country into the Organization as a full participating State, with the decision coming into effect two days later.
Seminar
Rehabilitating the environment discussed in Tashkent
At a five-day Seminar on Rehabilitating the Environment, participants representing Central Asian States gave a detailed picture of the environmental challenges they faced.
Conference
OSCE sends fact-finding mission to Croatia
A fact-finding mission set off for Croatia to look at possible OSCE contributions, to examine the need to establish a long-term mission, and to recommend concrete forms of co-operation with other international organizations in the country.
Conference
Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 1995
The second Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, held in Warsaw from 2-19 October, reviewed mechanisms and procedures for monitoring compliance with existing human dimension commitments.
September 1995
Seminar
1995 Seminar on the OSCE Experience in the Field of Confidence-Building and the Mediterranean
In co-operation with its Mediterranean Partner, Egypt, the CSCE held a Seminar on the OSCE Experience in the Field of Confidence-Building from 10-14 October.
Seminar
Seminar on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for the 21st Century
To continue work on developing a new security model, as decided by the Heads of State at the 1994 Budapest Summit, a seminar was held in Vienna on 18 and 19 September 1995.
August 1995
Conference
Letter by the High Commissioner on National Minorities to Slovakia
High Commissioner Max van der Stoel sent a letter to Slovakia's Foreign Minister, Juraj Schenk, in which he put forth his ideas on the concept of alternative education for linguistically mixed regions.
Conference
Chairman-in-Office appoints Personal Representative on the Conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) appointed a Personal Representative on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference.
July 1995
Conference
Agreement to end hostilities signed at OSCE office in Chechnya
At the headquarters of the OSCE Assistance Group in Grozny, Russian officials and Chechen representatives signed an agreement to end hostilities in Chechnya.
Seminar
Seminar on Twenty Years of the Helsinki Final Act - Towards a new European Security Model
A seminar organized by the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.
Conference
OSCE Troika meeting
The OSCE Troika in 1995 - the Foreign Ministers of Italy, Hungary and Switzerland - held their second meeting.
Conference
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Bosnian Serb takeover in Srebrenica
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Hungarian Foreign Minister László Kovács, condemned the Bosnian Serb takeover in Srebrenica, which began on 11 July.