15th OSCE Ministerial Council
When
29 November 2007 (All day) - 30 November 2007 (All day)
Where
Madrid, Spain
Organized by
Spanish OSCE Chairmanship
The 15th OSCE Ministerial Council opened on 29 November in Madrid. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev) Photo details
The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s activities and strengthen the dialogue on security issues in the OSCE area.
Final Decisions and Declarations
The following final decisions and declarations were adopted at the 15th OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid:
- Decision on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
- Decision on the appointment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
- Decision on issues relevant to the Forum for Security Co-operation
- Decision on the OSCE engagement with Afghanistan
- Decision on public-private partnerships in countering terrorism
- Decision on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks
- Decision on the follow-up to the Fifteenth Economic and Environmental Forum: water management
- Decision on combating trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation
- Decision on combating sexual exploitation of children on the Internet
- Decision on tolerance and non-discrimination: promoting mutual respect
- Decision on OSCE chairmanships in 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Decision on the time and place of the next meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
- Madrid Declaration on Environment and Security
- Ministerial Statement
- Spain Chairmanship's Food for Thought on the Outcome of the Madrid Ministerial Council
- Ministerial Statement on Supporting the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- Ministerial Declaration on the OSCE Partners for Co-operation