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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Report to the Ministerial Council Secretary General Helga Schmid

3 Dec 2021

Dealing with politicization of the simplest, most fundamental tasks – from the agreement of dates for meetings, to the adoption of our budget. [...] Because I have the privilege to see, to read and to hear – on a daily basis - about the remarkable human impact this Organization and its activities have. [...] It hinders the Mission to facilitate the vital activities for the benefit of the people on both sides of the contact line. [...] We were the first to conduct such a comprehensive exercise among Regional and International Organizations, seeking to learn lessons and maintain some of the positive innovations. [...] The vision of Helsinki and Paris, and the work of Astana may not yet have unfolded as was expected of hoped back then.
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7
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Finland