OSCE Early Warning in Georgia

Abstract

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Georgia led OSCE early warning and conflict prevention activities. The Mission was established in December 1992 with the mandate to promote negotiations between the parties to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in order to reach a political settlement. The article discusses the policies and activities of the OSCE in order to prevent conflict and ensure its peaceful settlement in the country.

Keywords

OSCE, conflict prevention, Georgia, South Ossetia.

Citation

Lynch, Dov, “OSCE Early Warning in Georgia”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 7, No 26 (Summer 2010), p. 139-148.

Affiliations

• Dov Lynch, Senior Advisor, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office of the Secretary General