U.S. Policy Toward the OSCE
Wednesday, October 3, 2001, 4:00 am
Witnesses
A. Elizabeth Jones
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
Department of State
Hon. Lorne Craner
Assistant Secretary for Human Rights, Democracy and Labor
Department of State
P. Terrence Hopmann
Professor and Research Director
Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
Ambassador Robert Barry
Former Head of Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
This hearing examined U.S. policy toward the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Commission remains keenly interested in the OSCE as a tool for promoting human rights and democratic development and advancing U.S. interests in the expansive OSCE region.
The distinguished witnesses and Commissioners discussed ways in which to take advantage of the wide membership of the OSCE to put in place quite a number of improvements on the counterterrorism agenda, including getting more countries to sign the relevant Conventions on Antiterrorism and to increase particularly police involvement in the OSCE member states to counter terrorism.
Relevant Countries
Leadership