German Helga Schmid appointed OSCE Secretary-General

2020-12-05 04:02:01

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) VIENNA, 5th December, 2020 (WAM) -- Top-ranking EU diplomat Helga Schmid was appointed Secretary-General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, on Friday, according to the Foreign Ministry of Albania, which chairs the organisation.

Foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE member countries appointed Schmid and three other officials by consensus in an online meeting, the Albanian ministry announced on Twitter.

A German diplomat, Schmid is the first woman to take the helm of the OSCE.

With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organisation.

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Former Kazakh foreign minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov was selected as OSCE high commissioner for minorities.

Maria Teresa Ribeiro, a secretary of state in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, became OSCE media freedom representative.

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