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GENERAL INFORMATION
January 1992 – Kazakhstan became a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
1994 – The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the historic Summit of the organization in Budapest, at which a decision was made to rename the CSCE to the OSCE. Within the framework of the Summit (December 5, 1994), a Memorandum on security guarantees to Kazakhstan was signed in response to the voluntary renunciation of nuclear weapons. The leaders of the USA, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus put their signatures under the document.
1995 - the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OSCE (Vienna) and the OSCE Regional Office in Central Asia (Tashkent) were opened.
1999 – The OSCE Center in Almaty was opened.
June 21, 2007 – By the decision of the OSCE Permanent Council, the Center was renamed the OSCE Center in Astana (due to the change of location).
December 2007 – By the decision of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid, Kazakhstan was elected as the Chair of the OSCE in 2010.
2010 – Chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the OSCE.
July 16-17, 2010 – OSCE Ministerial Council in Almaty, decision to hold the Summit in Kazakhstan.
December 1-2, 2010 – OSCE Summit in Astana chaired by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
September-December 2011 – Chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the activities of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of the "Troika" of the FSC until April 2012.
December 2011 – completion of the implementation of the state program "Path to Europe" and the activities of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of the "Troika" of the OSCE.
Since January 2015, by the decision of the OSCE Permanent Council, the Center has been transformed into the OSCE Program Office in Astana.
From December 4, 2020 - Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) has been appointed as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities by decision of the Ministerial Council of the OSCE in Stockholm.
The initiative to invite Kazakhstan to the OSCE came from Western countries and corresponded to the interests of our state. Joining the Organization was dictated by the desire to actively participate in pan-European processes that allow developing and putting into practice the principles laid down in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and other OSCE documents.
These goals also determined the strategic task of achieving the chairmanship of the OSCE, which was first announced at the meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization in early February 2003.
Having become a full member of the pan-European conference, Kazakhstan took an active part in the processes of its further development, including transformation into an international organization.
Cooperation with the OSCE is carried out in all three dimensions of the Organization's activities: the politico-military, the economic and environmental, the humanitarian, and is carried out in cooperation with both the central institutions of the OSCE (Secretariat, HCNM, ODIHR, Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media) and its field missions including the OSCE Program Office in Astana.
Within the framework of interaction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Kazakhstan during 2009-2011 actively participated in the work of the leading "Troika" of the Organization. The most important priority remains the implementation of the spirit and letter of the Astana Declaration "Towards a Security Community", adopted at the end of the OSCE Summit in Astana on December 1-2, 2010.
Kazakhstan in the year of its chairmanship in the OSCE (2010) and in the subsequent period invariably pays special attention to the balance of the measures taken in all three dimensions of the Organization's activities.
The most important task of the Kazakhstan's chairmanship was the all-round strengthening of the Organization, assistance in increasing its efficiency and ability to adequately respond to modern challenges and threats.
Within the framework of the politico-military dimension, the Republic of Kazakhstan continues to support multilateral efforts to ensure Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security, confidence-building measures, settlement of the crisis in and around Ukraine, “protracted conflicts” in the South Caucasus and Transnistria, as well as post-conflict rehabilitation. Special attention is paid to the issue of strengthening the OSCE's interaction with Afghanistan. Thus, on October 9, 2019, an OSCE round table on Afghanistan was held in Astana as part of the visit to the countries of Central Asia of Permanent Representatives to the OSCE.
An important priority on the economic and environmental track of the OSCE for Kazakhstan remains the development of interconnectedness and transcontinental transport corridors that unite Asia and Europe, sustainable development, the fight against corruption, good governance, green economy, smart cities. Work continues on using the potential of the OSCE in the field of environmental protection, including in solving the effective management of water resources in Central Asia. On the margins of the OSCE, work continues to promote the establishment of the OSCE Theme Center for Sustainable Connectivity in the city of Astana.
In 2017-2019 Kazakhstan chaired the Economic and Environmental Committee (EEC). During this period, 18 EEC meetings were held in the field of economics and ecology, and 8 representatives of Kazakhstan from various government bodies, national companies and NGOs took part as keynote speakers.
In June 2017, the Second Preparatory Meeting for the Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) was held in Astana on the sidelines of the international specialized exhibition EXPO 2017. The results of the discussions held during the second preparatory meeting for the EEF in Astana and the final Forum in Prague contributed to the adoption by the Ministerial Council of the decision "Promoting Economic Participation in the OSCE Region", as well as the adoption of the Joint Declaration of the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship and the Kazakh Chairmanship of the EEC on greening the economy and promoting environmental cooperation. In 2018, during the Italian OSCE Chairmanship and the Kazakh Presidency of the EEC, the discussions following the two preparatory meetings and the final EEF contributed to the successful adoption of two important documents at the Milan Ministerial Council – the Decision “Developing Human Capital in the Digital Age” and the Declaration on the Digital Economy as a Driver the power of cooperation, security and growth
In September 2019, during the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship on the sidelines of the EEF, as part of the initiative to create a network of smart cities in the OSCE region, the delegations of Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Albania and the OKEA organized a side event on the theme: “Smart cities: a sustainable way forward”, in which representatives Basel (Switzerland), Astana (Kazakhstan) and Tirana (Albania) demonstrated achievements in the development of the concept of smart cities.
During 2018-2020 on the initiative of the Kazakh delegation, three OSCE bicycle tours were organized from Vienna to Bratislava.
In the human dimension, such issues as the fight against all forms of intolerance and discrimination, tolerance, the protection of human rights, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the promotion of gender balance and the fight against human trafficking remain important for Kazakhstan.
Work continues to support the OSCE member states in their efforts to reform the OSCE/ODIHR, establish uniform requirements for election observation, and adopt a title document for the Organization.
KAZAKH REPRESENTATIVES IN THE OSCE
Kazakhstan contributes to the preparation and adoption of decisions through the OSCE, sending Kazakh representatives to work in the Organization's structures.
From June 2012 to August 2014, Ambassador M. Dzharbusynova served as the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, and from September 2014 to July 2018, she was the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings as a Secondary Officer.
Effective December 4, 2020, Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) has been appointed as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities by decision of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Thus, K. Abdrakhmanov became the first representative from the CIS countries to be appointed to one of the leading positions in the entire history of the OSCE.
Since May 2021, Zhazira Kulmukhamed has been seconded to the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.