Ambassador Marcel Peško
Before becoming Special Representative for Ukraine, he served as Ambassador at large for Countering Hybrid Threats at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in Slovakia. From 2015 – 2019, he held the position of Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and Deputy Head of the OSCE Secretariat. Prior to that, he was Director/Office of the OSCE Secretary General starting in 2012. Before joining the OSCE Secretariat, he was the Head of the Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the International Organizations, including the OSCE in Vienna.
As a career diplomat, he also held various senior posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, including the Secretary General of the Ministry, Chief of the Minister’s Office and Director of the UN Department and Head of the UN Security Council Coordination Unit during Slovakia's non-permanent membership the Council.
At the beginning of his career, Ambassador Peško served in the Slovak Permanent Mission to the OSCE, later he was in charge of the Slovak Embassy in Dublin. From 2003 to 2005 he worked as Executive Officer in the Office of the OSCE Secretary General.
Mandate
The Special Representative of the Chairman-in-Office – Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine serves as the central point of contact for the OSCE in Ukraine and oversees the planning and co-ordination of OSCE projects. In this capacity, the Special Representative facilitates dialogue with key stakeholders and assumes the primary role in Ukraine as the OSCE's liaison with the Ukrainian authorities, the diplomatic corps, and other relevant international partners.