The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is currently experiencing very serious difficulties and has many shortcomings, former Austrian Foreign Minister, head of the "G.O.R.K.I." Center at St. Petersburg University said Karin Kneisel.
"In his speech this morning, Foreign Minister [Sergei] Lavrov noted that some European partners have always opposed the adoption of a full OSCE treaty. It is not just a matter of formality: the existence of a constitutive document is a fundamentally important point. In this sense, the experience of the OSCE can serve as a kind of lesson. I will not list all the other shortcomings of the OSCE - there are many - but the fact is that this organization is currently experiencing very serious difficulties," she said.
"The organization can cease to exist at any time, since it has no founding document - no charter. ".