Стокгольмский "пакет" СБСЕ/ОБСЕ по мирному урегулированию споров

Abstract

The article "The Stockholm CSCE/OSCE 'Package' on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (December, 1992)" is devoted to the problem of evolution and shaping of the system of peaceful settlement of disputes in the framework of OSCE. The grounding documents which regulate these issues remain those adopted during the Stockholm session of the Council of Ministers of the organization in December 1992: the Convention on Settlement and Arbitration in OSCE, the Statements on the OSCE Settlement Commission and Statements on Directive Settlement. Together they comprise the so-called "Stockholm package". The article reveals the positions of different states which took part in developing these documents. At present the Committee on the OSCE security model is developing the European Security Charter. The discussion also touches upon the issues of peaceful settlement of disputes which will make a special chapter in the final variant of the Charter. The problem of activization of the Arbitration and Settlement Court of the OSCE has been acquiring special importance. While the mechanism of peaceful settlement of disputes within the OSCE is imperfect, it still could be applied alongside with other possibilities of the organization in settlement of conflicts, in particular, in stopping the blood shedding in Yugoslavia and in promoting the post-conflict reconstruction in that part of the world. It is still more important since these developments take place in the zone of direct responsibility of the OSCE and its members.