The Kazakh chairmanship and the future of the OSCE

Bericht

Belgium's 2006 OSCE Chairmanship ends with the Ministerial Council on December 4 and 5 in Brussels and is therefore a good opportunity to take stock of the OSCE's activities over the past year-even if the picture is rather grim. The organization's activities in the field of the 'human dimension' remain a bone of contention among its members, efforts to resolve conflicts have remained largely unsuccessful, and plans for institutional reform have become bogged down. Above all, Kazakhstan's application for the OSCE chairmanship in 2009 threatens to polarize the organization to such an extent that even the Spanish Chairmanship in 2007 will have little scope for strengthening the organization. Giving the responsibility of leadership to a member state that does not itself really embody the organization's core values exposes questions about the OSCE's credibility and future orientation. (SWP Comments / SWP)

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: SWP Comments ; No. 27/2006

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kaim, Markus ; Schmitz, Andrea
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/256020
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ