From the beginnings in 1975 of the CSCE (Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which became the OSCE in 1995), Italy has provided strong support for the Organisation\u2019s role, for the purposes of maintaining security in the huge region that stretches \u201cfrom Vancouver to Vladivostok\u201d, and for promoting dialogue and cooperation between all the Member Countries.<\/p>\n
Italy is now one of the Organisation\u2019s major contributors, financially and in terms of human resources.<\/p>\n
Our Country – along with the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Germany – is one of the major contributors the the OSCE\u2019s ordinary budget. These ordinary contributions are in addition to those for paying for additional items for Italy\u2019s account, for Italian functionaries seconded to the OSCE, financing for Italian observers taking part in Missions to observe elections of the ODIHR, as well as the OSCE\u2019s off-budget projects. Among the latter, Italy\u2019s contribution is particularly significant when it comes to financing the OSCE\u2019s Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM), in which our Country has more than 20 observers.<\/p>\n
In terms of human resources, Italy is one of the Countries with the most functionaries with the OSCE, and holds one of the four high-level positions in the Organisation, that of the Director of the ODIHR, filled by Matteo Mecacci.\u00a0 Italian nationals are also to be found in the Head of the OSCE\u2019s Mission to Albania, Vincenzo Del Monaco, and the Director of the OSCE\u2019s Secretary General\u2019s Office, Luca Fratini.\u00a0\u00a0 Then there\u2019s also Roberto Montella, who holds the position of Secretary General of the OSCE\u2019s Parliamentary Assembly.\u00a0 Of the OSCE personnel seconded by Italy, 42% are female, which is a far higher figure that the average for the other Countries.<\/p>\n
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