United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Location		Vienna, Austria
Leaders
•	Ambassador	Daniel B. Baer
•	Deputy Chief of Mission	Kate M. Byrnes
Website osce.usmission.gov

The United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe represents the United States government in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Daniel B. Baer is the current U.S. Representative to the OSCE, with the rank of ambassador.

The United States Mission to the OSCE is composed of representatives of the Department of State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Defense Department, and of the joint Congressional/Executive Branch Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the "Helsinki Commission"). The Mission was established in 1975, shortly after the OSCE was created by the Helsinki Accords.

The Mission represents the United States in the Permanent Council of the OSCE, the Organization's principal policy-making body, as well as in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The Mission also monitors implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty in the Joint Consultative Group (JCG), and represents the U.S. in the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC).

The Mission's goals are:

• "Enhancing political and military security across the OSCE region, including prevention of a gradual re-militarization of Euro-Atlantic security."
• "Implementing and verifying compliance with arms control agreements."
• "Strengthening the OSCE’s conflict prevention and resolution capabilities."
• "Promoting implementation of OSCE commitments in all three dimensions: the politico-military dimension, the economic and environmental dimension, the human dimension."
• "Supporting democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms."
• "Combating new threats to security such as terrorism, intolerance, and trafficking of persons."
• Directing greater attention and resources to Central Asia through programs promoting democratic institutions and practices, improving border security, expanding existing police assistance programs, and encouraging economic and free market development so that peace, security, just governance and democracy may be achieved."
• "Preserving the OSCE’s effectiveness." ^[1]

References

External links

• Official website of the USOSCE
• Official website of Department of State
• Official website of the OSCE
• Official website NATO

Diplomatic missions of the United States
Embassies shown in bold. Consulates-General shown in italics. A full list can be found at List of diplomatic missions of the United States.
Africa	Dar es Salaam Juba Malabo Nairobi
Americas	Caracas Curaçao Havana Mexico City Ottawa
Asia	Abu Dhabi Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Chengdu Chennai Dhaka Dubai Guangzhou Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong1 Hyderabad Islamabad Jakarta Jerusalem1 Kabul Karachi Kolkata Lahore Manama Manila Mumbai New Delhi Peshawar Rangoon (Yangon) Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Tel Aviv Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Wuhan Yerevan‡
Europe	Athens Berlin Bern Bremen Chişinău Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Hamburg Istanbul‡ London Kyiv Moscow Munich Oslo Paris Prague Rome Sarajevo Tallinn Tbilisi‡ The Hague Thessaloniki Tirana Vatican (Rome) Vienna
Oceania	Canberra Wellington
Organizations	African Union (Addis Ababa) American Institute in Taiwan2 (Taipei, Kaohsiung-branch office, Washington-headquarters) European Union (Brussels) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (Vienna) United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations (New York) Rome
Former	Benghazi (1950–66, 2012) Havana (1977–2015) Houston (1836–46) Liverpool (1790–1962) London (1938–60) Mogadishu (1960–91) Saigon (1952–75) Tangier (1821–1956) Tehran (1951–79)
‡ Missions which are located in countries or cities that may be considered a part of more than one continent. 1 Consulates-General which function as an embassy (ie. consul reports to State Department, not the respective country's ambassador) 2 The American Institute in Taiwan is ostensibly a public, non-profit organization to promote US-Taiwanese relations, but through State Department staffing & assistance, functions as an informal US diplomatic mission.