VIENNA, 1 June 2017 – The OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today approved the Organization’s budget for 2017.
“I am glad that we could reach an agreement today on the OSCE’s budget for this year,” said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz after the OSCE Permanent Council’s decision.
This decision enables the continuation of the important work of the Organization, in particular the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Representative on Freedom of the Media, the High Commissioner on National Minorities, as well as the OSCE field operations and the Secretariat, across all dimensions.
According to the decision, the OSCE’s Unified Budget for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2017 is €138,982,600.
The OSCE Permanent Council is one of the main regular decision-making bodies of the Organization comprising representatives of all 57 OSCE participating States. Decisions are made on the basis of consensus.
The OSCE is funded by contributions from its 57 participating States.