OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Updated 7 November 2026
The world's largest regional security organization — 57 states from Vancouver to Vladivostok, born of Cold War détente (Helsinki 1975), running election observation and field missions.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- Vienna, Austria
- Members
- 57 states
- Chair
- Switzerland
- Secretary-General
- Feridun H. Sinirlioğlusince December 2024
- Next summit
- 3 December 2026Lugano, Switzerland
- Last summit
- 4 December 2025Vienna, Austria
- The UAE
- Not a member
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $237.5 billion
Member states
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Vatican City
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan