Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

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intergovernmental organization regional security organization

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional intergovernmental organization focused on security, conflict prevention, human rights, and democratic governance across Europe, Central Asia, and North America.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
OSCE	10
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe	6
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe	4
OSCE participating States	2
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe	1
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
Organization for Security and Co‑operation in Europe	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ regional security organization ⓘ
abbreviation	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OSCE
cooperatesWith	Council of Europe ⓘ European Union ⓘ NATO ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
formerName	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
founded	1975 ⓘ
foundedAs	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
foundingConferenceCountry	Finland ⓘ
foundingConferenceLocation	Helsinki ⓘ
foundingDocument	Helsinki Accords ⓘ surface form: Helsinki Final Act
hasAdditionalHeadquarters	United Nations Office at Vienna ⓘ surface form: Vienna International Centre
hasFieldOfWork	arms control ⓘ conflict prevention ⓘ crisis management ⓘ democratization ⓘ election observation ⓘ human rights ⓘ media freedom ⓘ minority rights ⓘ post-conflict rehabilitation ⓘ rule of law ⓘ security ⓘ
hasMainOffice	Hofburg Palace, Vienna ⓘ surface form: Hofburg Congress Centre, Vienna
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasOrgan	High Commissioner on National Minorities ⓘ OSCE Ministerial Council ⓘ OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ OSCE Permanent Council ⓘ Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ⓘ Representative on Freedom of the Media ⓘ
hasParticipatingState	Austria ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasSecretaryGeneral	Helga Maria Schmid ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Austria ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Vienna ⓘ
legalStatus	regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter ⓘ
mainDecisionMakingBody	Ministerial Council ⓘ
memberCount	57 participating States ⓘ
normativeFramework	Charter of Paris for a New Europe ⓘ Helsinki Accords ⓘ surface form: Helsinki Final Act
permanentDecisionMakingBody	Permanent Council ⓘ
regionServed	Central Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
renamed	1995 ⓘ
securityConcept	comprehensive security ⓘ
securityDimension	economic and environmental dimension ⓘ human dimension ⓘ politico-military dimension ⓘ
shortName	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OSCE

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → abbreviation → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Charter of Paris for a New Europe → adoptedBy → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

United Kingdom defence policy → allianceFramework → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Basket II → belongsToProcess → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Common Security and Defence Policy → cooperatesWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → cooperatesWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina → cooperatesWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: EUFOR Althea

this entity surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina

European Union crisis management operations → cooperatesWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division → cooperatesWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → coordinateWith → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Helga Maria Schmid → employer → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → formerName → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → foundedAs → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

High Commissioner on National Minorities → foundedBy → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly → foundedBy → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

United States–Hungary relations → framework → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Ostpolitik → influenced → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

Treaty of Moscow (1970) → influenced → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

Račak massacre → investigatedBy → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Russia–Georgia relations → involvesOrganization → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Vienna → isSeatOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

High Commissioner on National Minorities → jurisdiction → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE participating States

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly → legislativeBodyOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Abkhaz–Georgian conflict → mediatedBy → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Andorra → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Austria → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Bulgaria → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Cyprus → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Finland → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

France and Austria → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Helga Maria Schmid → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Latvia → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Malta → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

San Marino → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Serbia → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Slovakia → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Slovenia → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Third Polish Republic → memberOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly → parentOrganization → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

OSCE Permanent Council → parentOrganization → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights → parentOrganization → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Albania → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Bosnia and Herzegovina → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

CSCE Final Act → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Czech Republic → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: OSCE

Helsinki Accords → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

High Commissioner on National Minorities → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

Ministerial Council → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Ministerial Council (OSCE)

OSCE Ministerial Council → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly → partOf → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ