OSCE Announces Closure of Project Co-Ordinator in Ukraine

OrganizationsInternational Organizations ♦ Published: July 1, 2022; 17:39 ♦ (Vindobona)

The office of the Project Coordinator in Ukraine, whose tasks include supporting Ukraine in its reform efforts, is being dismantled step by step, as the OSCE recently announced. The reason for this is that the OSCE Permanent Council was unable to reach a consensus on the extension of the mandate due to the Russian Federation.

The Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine had been working for 23 years. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0

The OSCE recently announced the gradual closure of the Project Co-ordinator's office in Ukraine. The reason for this decision is the lack of consensus of the OSCE Permanent Council, which cannot extend the mandate of the Project Co-ordinator due to the position of the Russian Federation.

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, and the OSCE Secretary…