The Organisation For Security And Co-Operation In Europe Of The “Balzac Age”
The Organisation For Security And Co-Operation In Europe Of The “Balzac Age”

Summary/Abstract: There were no big festivities organised on 1 August 2005 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Helsinki Process and at the same time of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which now has 55 members. No summits have been held since the OSCE’s 1999 Istanbul Summit, some of the decisions of which have not been implemented so far. The OSCE started its fourth decade experiencing some difficult times. Some countries are accusing the OSCE for its allegedly double standards and interference with internal affairs of other countries. Prior to leaving for Brussels, former Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Chizov, known in Lithuania for his controversial remarks on the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, described the situation in the Organisation as follows: if the OSCE is not reformed in the short run, it shall “simply have no future.”

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