Peter Kent: OSCE Summit - opportunity to take our dialogue to next level and start working together to deliver concrete results

ASTANA. December 1. KAZINFORM /Yelizaveta Voronchuk/ This year marks the 35th anniversary of the final Helsinki act (1975) and the 28th anniversary of the Charter of Paris (1992). This is an opportunity for participating states to fully reaffirm the principles and the values of these documents. Head of Canadian delegation to the OSCE Summit Peter Kent said at the Summit in Astana.

He noted that the Organization's work on comprehensive security remained as vital today as 35 years ago.
"Canada helped to found this Organization based on an agreement among members that security and prosperity are best sustained by democratic states that respect freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of Law. Canada is more determined than ever to promote these values and to enhance the OSCE's capacity to follow up and to review commitments and their implementation by participating states", P.Kent said.

The Head of the delegation has said that participating states must continue to engage in the OSCE strategic dialogue and the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security. "This Summit is an opportunity for us to take our dialogue to the next level and start working together to deliver concrete results. In pursuing our goals and our priorities we have to keep in mind that the global economic crisis is affecting our governments' fiscal realities. That is why it is essential that our Organizationڀs resources be used efficiently and effectively and our activities focused on making a significant difference to security in the OSCE region", he said.