CSCE Committee of Senior Officials

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The CSCE Committee of Senior Officials was a high-level decision-making body within the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe that coordinated political and security cooperation among participating states before the OSCE’s institutional reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CSCE body
intergovernmental committee
appliesToJurisdiction CSCE area
basedOn CSCE Final Act process
composition representatives at senior official level from each participating State
country CSCE participating States
dissolvedInto OSCE decision-making structures
field European security
international relations
followedBy Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe institutional framework
hasMainTask address political and security issues among participating States
coordinate implementation of CSCE commitments
oversee follow-up to CSCE meetings and decisions
prepare CSCE summit and ministerial meetings
respond to emerging crises within the CSCE area
hasMember senior officials of CSCE participating States
hasRole high-level decision-making body
political coordination body
security cooperation coordination body
hasTopic arms control dialogue
confidence- and security-building measures
conflict prevention
crisis management
economic and environmental aspects of security
human dimension of security
post-conflict rehabilitation
headquartersLocation Vienna
legalForm intergovernmental body without separate legal personality
location Vienna
operatingLanguage English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish
parentOrganization CSCE Council of Ministers
partOf CSCE institutional framework
Secretariat of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
surface form: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

Helsinki process institutions
replacedBy OSCE Permanent Council
OSCE Senior Council
reportsTo CSCE Council of Ministers
shortName CSO
subjectHasRole bridge between CSCE summit meetings and day-to-day diplomatic work
central forum for political consultations in the CSCE
temporalCoverage late Cold War and immediate post-Cold War period
uses consensus decision-making

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OSCE Permanent Council precededBy CSCE Committee of Senior Officials
Ministerial Council predecessor CSCE Committee of Senior Officials
subject surface form: Ministerial Council (OSCE)
this entity surface form: CSCE Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs