The need to further develop partnerships in maintaining peace and security
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, on a visit to Geneva from 18 to 20 January 2012, emphasized the need to further develop partnerships between international organizations in maintaining peace and security and effectively tackling current and emerging threats.
The changing nature of international partnership
“As the nature of security threats evolves, partnerships between international organizations, including regional and sub-regional ones, are increasingly important to efforts to maintain peace and security,” Zannier said at a public discussion on the changing nature of international partnerships at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Co-operation must build on respective mandates and strengths
Zannier, who named enhancing co-operation with other
organizations a priority when he took up the post of OSCE Secretary
General in July 2011, stressed that co-operation must build on
respective mandates and strengths: “All organizations represented
in Geneva – and the OSCE – have different tools to offer. Our goal
should be to build on existing partnerships to create new
synergies.”