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The role and functioning of the OSCE Chairmanship - The Polish perspective

The role and functioning of the OSCE Chairmanship - The Polish perspective The role and functioning of the OSCE Chairmanship - The Polish perspective Adam Kobieracki1 1. Introduction The mechanism of the Chairmanship is a relatively new phenomenon in the OSCE. It was invented in the early 1990s when the then CSCE was still searching for its new identity after the radical politico-military changes in the European security landscape. It was then thought that such a mechanism would help to develop the CSCE in the direction of a rather specific and flexible institution, free of bureaucratic burdens but full of political will to meet new challenges. The Chairmanship mechanism has changed a great deal from the moment of its inception. It grew, developed and matured together with the CSCE also providing for rather smooth transition from the Conference (CSCE) to the Organization (OSCE). Its exact role and functions have changed and are de facto still in the process of being developed. Although one uses the same term, the 'chairmanship' in practice hardly covers comparable phenomena, such as mostly ceremonial and protocol German and Czechoslovak Chairmanships, through more and more proactive Swedish, Italian and Hungarian terms in that office, up to the Swiss, Danish, Polish and currently Norwegian Chairmanships, which have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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Brill
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0925-0972
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1571-814X
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10.1163/157181499X00401
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The role and functioning of the OSCE Chairmanship - The Polish perspective Adam Kobieracki1 1. Introduction The mechanism of the Chairmanship is a relatively new phenomenon in the OSCE. It was invented in the early 1990s when the then CSCE was still searching for its new identity after the radical politico-military changes in the European security landscape. It was then thought that such a mechanism would help to develop the CSCE in the direction of a rather specific and flexible institution, free of bureaucratic burdens but full of political will to meet new challenges. The Chairmanship mechanism has changed a great deal from the moment of its inception. It grew, developed and matured together with the CSCE also providing for rather smooth transition from the Conference (CSCE) to the Organization (OSCE). Its exact role and functions have changed and are de facto still in the process of being developed. Although one uses the same term, the 'chairmanship' in practice hardly covers comparable phenomena, such as mostly ceremonial and protocol German and Czechoslovak Chairmanships, through more and more proactive Swedish, Italian and Hungarian terms in that office, up to the Swiss, Danish, Polish and currently Norwegian Chairmanships, which have

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Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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