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July 1992

Aerial view of Helsinki Congress Paasitorni, surrounded by water, colorful buildings, and cityscape under a clear blue sky.
Summit

Helsinki Summit 1992

The Heads of State or Government meet again in Helsinki, for the third Summit of the CSCE.

DateDateLocationLocation

Helsinki

Conference

Treaty on Open Skies signed by 26 participating States

At the Helsinki Summit, Heads of State or Government welcomed the signature of the Treaty on Open Skies by 26 participating States and adopted the Declaration on the Treaty on Open Skies, which can be found in the Summit document The…
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Helsinki

Conference

Serbia and Montenegro suspended as a participating State

At the 13th meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials, participating States suspended Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) from the CSCE, barring it from participating in the 9 July 1992 Helsinki Summit.
DateDateLocationLocation

Vienna

Conference

End of the CSCE Fourth Follow-up Meeting in Helsinki

With the end of the Helsinki Fourth Follow-up Meeting of the CSCE, the Helsinki Summit (9 and 10 July 1992) document The Challenges of Change was completed.
DateDateLocationLocation

Helsinki

Conference

1st Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

At its First Annual Session, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly accepted the Danish Parliament's invitation to establish an International Secretariat in Copenhagen. Denmark agreed to provide full international diplomatic status, privileges and…
DateDateLocationLocation

Budapest

March 1992

Ministerial council

Additional Meeting of the CSCE Council, Helsinki, 24 March 1992

DateDateLocationLocation

Helsinki

January 1992

Ministerial council

2nd Meeting of the CSCE Council of Ministers

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…
DateDateLocationLocation

Prague, Czech Republic

October 1991

Conference

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia sign the Helsinki Final Act

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia signed the CSCE Final Act, also known as the Helsinki Accords, bringing the number of participating States to 37.
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September 1991

Ministerial council

Additional Ministerial Meeting held in Moscow

Held under the framework of the third Human Dimension Conference, the Ministers' meeting in Moscow produced the 1991 Moscow Document, a landmark in the evolution of the OSCE's human dimension commitments.
DateDateLocationLocation

Moscow, Russia

Conference

Committee of Senior Officials discusses situation in Yugoslavia

At the second additional meeting on the situation in Yugoslavia, the Committee of Senior Officials adopted a statement on the ceasefire in Yugoslavia agreed in Belgrade in September, but added that it was greatly disturbed by the continuing…
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August 1991

Conference

Second day of the First Additional Meeting to the Emergency Meeting of the CSO on consultation and co-operation in an urgent situation regarding Yugoslavia

On the second day of the additional meeting, the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) adopted two decisions.
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Conference

1st Additional Meeting to the Emergency Meeting of the CSO on consultation and co-operation in an urgent situation regarding Yugoslavia

During this first additional meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials, participating States expressed their serious concern for the loss of human lives since its urgent appeal for a ceasefire on 3 July.
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July 1991

Conference

Brioni Agreement signed

The Brioni Agreement was signed, putting an end to hostilities in Slovenia during the Balkan crisis in the 1990s.
DateDateLocationLocation

Brioni (Brijuni) Islands

Conference

First Emergency Meeting of the CSO on consultation and co-operation in an urgent situation regarding Yugoslavia

At the First Emergency Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials, participating States adopted an urgent appeal for a ceasefire in Yugoslavia, stressing the importance of an immediate and complete cessation of hostilities by all parties…
DateDateLocationLocation

Vienna

Conference

Meeting of Experts on National Minorities

As called for in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, representatives of CSCE participating States discussed the issues and rights of national minorities in Geneva from 1 to 19 July.
DateDateLocationLocation

Geneva

June 1991

Ministerial council

1st Meeting of the CSCE Council of Ministers

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…
DateDateLocationLocation

Berlin, Germany