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Organization for Security andCo-operation in EuropeHaoren Yang

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OSCE Overview- Presses on Security Issues such as:• Arms control• Human Rights• Freedom of Press• Fair Elections• Early Conflict Warning• Conflict Prevention• Crisis Management• Post-Conflict Rehabilitation

OSCE Overview

Composed of:• 57 Participating States• 11 Partners of

Operation• 2850 Field and

Headquarter operators• A budget totaling $145

million Euros

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OSCE Beginnings• Originally began as

CSCE, served to mediate talks between East and West Europe in Cold War.

• Finalized the Helsinki Accords.

• In 1994, the CSCE was repurposed due to the Soviet bloc’s fall.

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OSCE Activities• Stops the spread of illegal weapons and

tries to destroy them.• Protects borders of countries such as

Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Dushanbe.• Stopping human trafficking.• Provide early warning and prevention of

terrorist activities. • Aids in economic growth.• Gender equality, environmental

protection.

Security Begins…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6JGT6bcfs0

http://www.unpo.org/article/16394

Freedom of Religion in Kosovo“Leaders of the Muslim, Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish communities in Kosova have gathered in Pristina to participate in an OSCE-organized conference aiming to foster inter-religious dialogue”

"We are always ready to approach a common solution because we believe that in such way we will be able to more effectively achieve some of our rights and needs related to our survival and life, but what comes first is to preserve our identity, property, and the existence at this time," the Serbian Orthodox Church Bishop said.