Chairman-in-Office appoints Personal Representative on the Conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference

His responsibilities include representing the CiO in issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and assisting the CiO in achieving an agreement on the cessation of the armed conflict and in creating conditions for the deployment of an OSCE peace-keeping operation, in order to facilitate political settlement of the conflict. Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk of Poland has held this position since 1 January 1997.