Speeches of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki

The 16th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will be held at the Helsinki Fair Centre on 4-5 December. Finland holds the OSCE Chairmanship in 2008.

Speeches held at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki:

• Speech by President Halonen
• Speech by Foreign Minister Stubb
• Webcast of the formal opening
• Prime Minister Vanhanen's speech
• Other statements and documents

Other opening speeches available at the OSCE website

Sound recordings available afterwards

• Alexander Stubb OSCE Chairman-in-Office Minister for Foreign Affairs Finland welcome
• Tarja Halonen President Finland
• Alexander Stubb OSCE Chairman-in-Office Minister for Foreign Affairs Finland speech
• Joao Soares President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• Marc Perrin de Brichambaut OSCE Secretary General
• Bernard Kouchner Minister of Foreign and European Affairs France
• Eneko Landaburu Director General for External Relations European Comission
• Ednan Karabaev Minister of Foreign Affairs Kyrgysztan
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier Federal Foreign
• Kinga Goncz Minister of Foreign Affairs Hungary
• Eka Tkeshelashvili Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgia
• Volodymyr Ogryzko Minister of Foreign Affairs Ukraine
• Theodora Bakoyannis Minister of Foreign Affairs Greece
• Dominique Mamberti Secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States Holy See
• Michael Spindelegger Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Austria
• Maxime Verhagen Minister of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands
• David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs United Kingdom
• Vuk Jeremic Minister of Foreign Affairs Serbia
• Ivailo Kalfin Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bulgaria
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube
• Milan Rocen Minister of Foreign Affairs Montenegro
• Lazar Comanescu Minister of Foreign Affairs Romania
• Rita Kieber-Beck Minister of Foreign Affairs Liechtenstein
• Petras Vaitiekunas Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Lithuania
• Micheline Calmy-Rey Minister of Foreign Affairs Switzerland
• Dragoljuba Bencina State Secretary Slovenia
• Radoslaw Sikorski Minister of Foreign Affairs Poland
• Jan Kubis Minister of Foreign Affairs Slovakia
• Marat Tazhin Minister of Foreign Affairs Kazakhstan
• Sven Alkalaj Minister of Foreign Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina
• William Burns Under Secretary for Political Affairs United States
• Jean Asselborn Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Luxembourg
• Rashid Meredov Minister of Foreign Affairs Turkmenistan
• Elmar Mammadyarov Minister of Foreign Affairs Azerbaijan
• Karel De Gucht Minister of Foreign Affairs Belgium
• Dick Roche Minister for European Affairs Ireland
• Alfredo Mantica Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Italy
• Meritxell Mateu Minister of Foreign Affairs Andorra
• Carl Bildt Minister of Foreign Affairs Sweden
• Colleen Swords Assistant Deputy Minister International Security Branch and Political Director Canada
• Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs Estonia
• Karel Schwarzenberg Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic
• Gordan Jandrokovic Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Croatia
• Andrei Stratan Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Moldova
• Antonio Milososki Minister of Foreign Affairs the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Maris Riekstins Minister of Foreign Affairs Latvia
• Nuriddin Shamsov Permanet Reprecentative to the OSCE Tajikistan
• Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir Minister of Foreign Affairs Iceland
• Edward Nalbandian Minister of Foreign Affairs Armenia
• Carmel Inguanez Director-General for European and Economic Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malta
• Vegard Ellefsen Political Director of Ministry for Foreign Affairs Norway
• John Bernard Ambassador Permanent Representative to the OSCE Denmark
• Franck Biancheri Minister Plenipotentiary Government Counsellor for External Relations and for International Economic and Financial Affairs Monaco
• Sergei Martynov Minister of Foreign Affairs Belarus
• Markos Kyprianou Minister of Foreign Affairs Cyprus
• Yusuf Buluc Ambassador Permanent Representative to the OSCE Turkey
• Ana Barata Ambassador Permanent Representative to the OSCE Portugal
• Fausta Morganti Ambassador Permanent Representative of the San Marino to the OSCE San Marino
• Sergey Lavrov Minister of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation
• Vladimir Norov Minister of Foreign Affairs Uzbekistan
• Lulzim Basha Minister of Foreign Affairs Albania
• Taos Feroukhi Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the OSCE Algeria
• Ehab Fawzy Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the OSCE Egypt
• Makram M Queisi Permanent Representative to OSCE Jordan
• Pinchas Avivi Deputy Director General for Eurasia Ministry for Foreign Affairs Israel
• Ali Ben Malek Charge d Affairs of Embassy of Tunisia in Finland Tunisia
• Jawed Ludin Ambassdor of Afghanistan to Norway Afghanistan
• Omar Zniber Permanent Representative to the OSCE Morocco
• Baldan Enkhmandakh Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Mongolia
• Shintaro Ito State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Japan
• Adisak Panupong Permanent Representative to the OSCE Thailand
• Lee Yong-joon Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Republic of Korea
• Johan Verbeke Under Secretary General for Political Affairs United Nations
• Aurelia Bouchez Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Regional Economic and Multilateral affairs NATO
• Zoltan Taubner Director of External Affairs Council of Europe