The Permanent Council is the OSCE’s main standing body for political consultation and decision-making. Its members, the permanent representatives of the participating States, meet weekly in the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna.
The OSCE Ministerial Troika in 2002, representing (from left to right) Romania, Portugal and the Netherlands (the previous, current and incoming Chairmen-in-Office).
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meets twice a year in plenary. The ‘Winter Meeting’ is held at the Hofburg in Vienna, usually in February. The venue for the July ‘Annual Session’ varies. This photo was taken at the 10th Annual Session held in Paris in July 2001.
