The 2013 OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Kyiv: Addressing persistent dividing lines – Stephanie Liechtenstein
Title: The 2013 OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Kyiv: Addressing persistent dividing lines
Author: Stephanie Liechtenstein
Abstract
Against the larger international relations background, this article analyses the outcomes of the 20th OSCE Ministerial Council (MC) meeting, which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 5 and 6 December 2013. The political crisis – related to the non-signing by the Ukrainian government of the EU Association Agreement which erupted in Ukraine in the days prior to the MC meeting is also taken into account. An analysis is made of adopted decisions in the three security dimensions as well as of drafts that failed to reach consensus. The main documents include declarations on the ‘Helsinki+40 process’ and the protracted conflicts as well as innovative cyber security measures.
Keywords
OSCE Ministerial Council; protracted conflicts; Helsinki+40 process; EU Eastern Partnership Summit Vilnius; US-Russia relations; protection of journalists; cyber security measures; Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures; mass protests in Ukraine
Metadata
Title: The 2013 OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Kyiv: Addressing persistent dividing lines
Author: Stephanie Liechtenstein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02404007
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 3–4
Pages: 307–324
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230