Finland Takes Over OSCE Chairmanship in 2025: Focus on Resilience and Support for Ukraine

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: September 25, 2024; 10:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen outlined Finland's priorities for the OSCE Chairmanship in 2025 to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Finland's approach is based on three central pillars: resilience, support for Ukraine and upholding OSCE principles that have been violated by Russia's actions. This comes at a time when the European security architecture is under severe pressure.

In her remarks to the Permanent Council, Finland's Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen outlined the country's priorities as the incoming OSCE Chair-in-Office for 2025. / Picture: © OSCE / ID 576549, (CC BY-ND 4.0)

According to Valtonen, the resilience of the member states and the OSCE itself is crucial. The ability to respond to and recover from crises is of great importance in the face of Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Finland has promised to put support for Ukraine at the center of its work, using the OSCE's tools to promote human rights and reconstruction. These priorities are…