President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the CSCE Session in Helsinki, 8-10 July 1992 – 1/106
Within the Session the President of Kazakhstan signed the Helsinki Final Act of 1975.
OSCE Lisbon Summit, 2-3 December 1996. – 2/106
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev chairs the Summit’s first Plenary Session (Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev).
Speaking to Permanent Council – 3/106
Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin speaks at the Special Session of the OSCE Permanent Council. Vienna, 30 April 2007 (Ilyas Omarov)
Meeting with Secretary General – 4/106
Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin at the meeting with the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. Almaty 25 April 2008.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Session – 5/106
President Nursultan Nazarbayev addresses the 17 Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Astana, 29 June 2008.
OSCE Quintet Meeting. New York, 23 September 2008. – 6/106
Foreign Ministers of Spain, Greece, Finland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, with OSCE Secretary General. (OSCE/Martin Nesirky)
Winter Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Vienna, 20 February 2009. – 7/106
Chairman of the Parliament’s Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presents Kazakhstan’s State Programme “Path to Europe”.
Meeting in Brussels, 17 March 2009 – 8/106
Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin and OSCE CiO, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis at the OSCE-EU Troikas meeting (Ilyas Omarov)
OSCE Contact Group with the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation – 9/106
Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov chairs the session of the Group. Vienna, 24 April 2009
Meeting in Akorda. 12 November, 2009 – 10/106
President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Discussions in Berlin. November 2009 – 11/106
Kazakhstan’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE Kairat Abdrakhmanov speaks at the German Council on Foreign Relations
Family photo. 1 December 2009 – 12/106
The ministers pose for a family photo at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens (OSCE/George Kontarinis)
Meeting of the OSCE Troika. Athens, December 2009 – 13/106
Foreign Ministers Alexander Stubb of Finland, George Papandreou of Greece and Kanat Saudabayev of Kazakhstan
Handing over the Chairmanship (Vienna, 17 December 2009, OSCE Permanent Council) – 14/106
Ambassador of Greece Mara Marinaki presents a symbolic Conflict Prevention Couch to Kazakhstan’s Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Inauguration concert. Vienna, 13 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Vera Subkus) – 15/106
Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev welcomes guests to a concert to mark Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship
Inauguration concert. Vienna, 13 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Vera Subkus) – 16/106
Foreign Ministers K.Saudabayev of Kazakhstan and M.Spindelegger of Austria, and Kazakh Ambassador to Austria Y.Kazykhanov (r)
Concert to inaugurate Kazakhstan's 2010 Chairmanship of the OSCE – 17/106
Alibek Dnishev at the Inauguration concert. Vienna, 13 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Vera Subkus)
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Inauguration concert. Vienna, 13 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Vera Subkus) – 18/106
Maira Kerey at the Concert to inaugurate Kazakhstan's 2010 Chairmanship of the OSCE
Vienna, 14 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 19/106
First Permanent Council Meeting under the Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship
Vienna, 14 January 2010 (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 20/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office addresses the Permanent Council
Vienna, 14 January 2010 (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 21/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev addresses the Permanent Council. On the left is PC Chairman Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Vienna, 14 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 22/106
Family photo after the first Permanent Council Meeting under the Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship
Vienna, 14 January 2010 (photo: OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 23/106
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev at a news conference
EU Presidency presents priorities (photo: OSCE/Sarah Crozier) – 24/106
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos addresses the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 19 January 2010
At the London Conference on Afghanistan (photo: Anita Maric/newsteam.co.uk) – 25/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev meets Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi. London, 28 January 2010
At the Geneva Discussions. 28 January, 2010 (OSCE/Virginie Coulloudon) – 26/106
The OSCE CiO’s Special Representative Bolat Nurgaliyev the at a news conference after the ninth round of the Geneva Discussions
Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions, 28 January 2010 (OSCE/Virginie Coulloudon) – 27/106
Marco Bianchini of the UN, Ambassador Pierre Morel of the EU and OSCE CiO’s Special Representative Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev
Official presentation of the Astana Cycling Team. Vienna on 30 January 2010 – 28/106
Alexandre Vinokourov, Alberto Contador and Oscar Pereiro with Kairat Kelimbetov, Chairman of Samruk-Kazyna National Wealth Fund
Economic and Environmental Forum. Vienna, 1 February 2010 (photo: Susanna Lööf) – 29/106
Transport and Communications Dep.Minister A.Bekturov and OSCE Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities G.Svilanovic
Visit to Azerbaijan. Baku, 15 February 2010 (photo: OSCE/Mirnaib Hasanoglu) – 30/106
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev at a joint press conference
Visit to Armenia. Yerevan, 16 February 2010 (photo: Armenian MFA/P.Petrosyan) – 31/106
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan at a news conference
Visit to Georgia. Tbilisi, 17 February 2010 (photo: George Abdaladze) – 32/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev and Georgia's Foreign Minister Gregory Vashadze speak to the media after meeting
Winter Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Vienna, 17-18 February 2010 – 33/106
Address by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev
Winter Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Vienna, 17-18 February 2010 – 34/106
Address by the Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan’s Parliament Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Meeting with Australian Minister. Vienna, 17 February 2010 – 35/106
Foreign Minister of Australia Stephen Smith and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council Kairat Abdrakhmanov after the meeting
OSCE Charity Ball 2010. Vienna on 26 February – 36/106
Dancers from the Kazakh “Gulder” group present the "midnight surprise" at the annual OSCE Charity Ball
OSCE Charity Ball 2010. Vienna on 26 February – 37/106
Assylbek Ensepov with his dombra performs for the guests of the Ball
Informal “5+2” Meeting on Transdniestria. Vienna, 1-2 March 2010 – 38/106
The OSCE CiO’s Special Representative Bolat Nurgaliyev together with the Head of the OSCE Mission in Moldova Philip Remler
Visit to Albania. Tirana, 16 March 2010 (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov) – 39/106
The OSCE CiO’s Special Envoy, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov and Albania's Foreign Minister Ilir Meta
Visit to Montenegro. Podgorica, 16 March 2010 (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov) – 40/106
The OSCE CiO’s Special Envoy, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister K.Zhigalov and Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister S.Marovic
Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. 17 March 2010 (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov) – 41/106
The OSCE CiO’s Special Envoy, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister K.Zhigalov and the Chairman of the BiH Presidency H.Silajdzic
Georgian official speaks at the OSCE (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov) – 42/106
Vice Prime Minister of Georgia Temur Yakobashvili addresses the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 19 March 2010
Visit to Belarus. Minsk, 30 March 2010 (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 43/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev meets the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
Round table in Minsk. 30 March 2010 (photo: OSCE) – 44/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev and the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Ambassador Benedikt Haller
Visit to Ukraine. Kyiv, 31 March 2010 (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 45/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev meets the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich
Visit to Moldova. Chisinau, 1 April 2010 (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 46/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev with Moldova's Acting President and Parliamentary Speaker Mihai Ghimpu
Press conference in Chisinau, 1 April 2010. (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 47/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev and Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca
UN Secretary-General addresses OSCE. Vienna, 8 April 2010 – 48/106
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the OSCE Permanent Council (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov)
Meeting with Kyrgyz authorities. Bishkek, 9 April 2010. (OSCE/Malik Alymkulov) – 49/106
OSCE CiO’s Special Envoy Zhanybek Karibzhanov (r) meets Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan's provisional administration leader
Meeting in Bishkek, 10 April 2010 (photo: OSCE/Malik Alymkulov) – 50/106
L-r: Special Envoys A.Akhmetov (OSCE Parliamentary Assembly), Zh.Karibzhanov (OSCE CiO) and J.Kubis (of the UN Secretary General
Address by CSTO Secretary General, Vienna, 15 April 2010 – 51/106
Nikolay Bordyuzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, addresses a the OSCE (OSCE/Sarah Crozier)
Visit to Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek, 20 April 2010 (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 52/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev meets with the Head of the interim government of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva
OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on gender balance, Vienna, 6 May 2010 – 53/106
Kazakhstan's Minister of Labour and Social Protection Gulshara Abdykalikova addresses the opening of the event (OSCE/S.Lööf)
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 6 May 2010 (photo: T.Zhumagulov) – 54/106
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference gives interview at the OSCE Headquarters
Presentation of the Memorial Book. Vienna, 27 April 2010 – 55/106
Ambassador Y.Kazykhanov presents the book dedicated to the Kazakhs perished on Austrian territory during the Second World War
Commemorating Victory Day. Vienna, 7 May 2010 – 56/106
Scientific symposium on Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship, Vienna, 10 May 2010 – 57/106
Bulat Sultanov, Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies speaks at the event
"The OSCE Eurasian Dimension" – 58/106
On May 14 and 15 Kazakhstan’s southern capital of Almaty hosted the Second Trans-Asian Parliamentary Forum
Visit to Afghanistan. Kabul, 17 May 2010 (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 59/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev (l) meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Visit to Afghanistan. Kabul, 17 May 2010 (photo: OSCE/Frane Maroevic) – 60/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev (l) and Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul speak to the media in Kabu
Visit to Tajikistan. Dushanbe, 19 May 2010. (photo: Ilyas Omarov) – 61/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev (r) is greeted by Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon
Annual Security Review Conference. Vienna, 14 June 2010 (picture: OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 62/106
Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov addresses the opening of the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC)
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 17 June 2010 – 63/106
Address by Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov)
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 22 June 2010 – 64/106
Address by the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov)
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev with Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov – 65/106
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev with Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov
Troika visits Bishkek. 28 June 2010 (Kyrgyz President Administration/S.Ailchiev) – 66/106
Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council K.Abdrakhmanov meets the Head of Kyrgyzstan's provisional government R.Otunbayeva
High-Level Conference in Astana. 29-30 June 2010 (photo: OSCE/Velimir Alic) – 67/106
The Palace of Peace and Accord in Astana was the venue for the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
High-Level Conference in Astana. 29-30 June 2010 (photo: OSCE/Velimir Alic) – 68/106
Flags with the logos of the OSCE and the 2010 Kazakh Chairmanship in Astana, which hosted the Conference (photo: OSCE/V.Alic)
High-Level Conference in Astana. 29-30 June 2010 (photo: OSCE/Velimir Alic) – 69/106
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks at the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 1 July 2010 – 70/106
Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland (photo: OSCE/Sarah Crozier)
Chairmanship conference on the fight against illegal drugs and drug trafficking – 71/106
Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Serik Baymaganbetov addresses the event’s opening. Vienna, 8 July 2010 (photo: OSCE/S.Lööf)
Informal Ministerial meeting in Almaty, 17 July 2010 (photo: OSCE/ S.Lööf) – 72/106
The opening session of the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting at the Ak-Bulak resort, near Almaty
Informal Ministerial meeting in Almaty, 17 July 2010 (photo: OSCE/ S.Lööf) – 73/106
Ministers pose for a family photo at the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty
Informal Ministerial meeting in Almaty, 17 July 2010 (photo: OSCE/Velimir Alic) – 74/106
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev at a news conference during the Informal Ministerial meeting in Almaty
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 22 July 2010 – 75/106
Address by Sergei Lebedev, Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov)
OSCE news conference. Vienna, 22 July 2010 (photo: Talgat Zhumagulov) – 76/106
(l-r) OSCE Spokesperson V.Coulloudon, Kazakh Ambassador K.Abdrakhmanov and Conflict Prevention Centre Director H.Salber
Guest speaker of the Permanent Council. Vienna, 29 July 2010 (photo: T.Zhumagulov) – 77/106
Presentation by Sagit Ibatullin, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea
Kuandyk Turgankulov, Chairman of Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission, addresses an expert meeting on the use of electronic voting in OSCE participating States, Vienna, 16 September 2010. (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 78/106
L-r: Kazakhstan's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Kairat Abdrakhmanov; Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov and Polish Under-Secretary of State Grazyna Bernatowicz at the Review Conference, Warsaw, 30 September 2010 (P.Markowski) – 79/106
Participants at a seminar on the OSCE and Central Asia held at the OSCE Academy pose for a family photo, Bishkek, 12 October 2010 (OSCE/Sarah Crozier) – 80/106
Presentation of the logistical arrangements of the OSCE Astana Summit to the Permanent Council members, Vienna, 30 September 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 81/106
The OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, addresses the OSCE Review Conference, Vienna, 20 October 2010 (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) – 82/106
OSCE – Council of Europe Co-ordination Group Meeting, Vienna, Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the OSCE, 22 October 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 83/106
President Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks at the event marking the 20th anniversary of the CSCE Charter of Paris for a New Europe (Paris, 27 October 2010) – 84/106
José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States addresses the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 28 October (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 85/106
Informal Ambassadorial discussions in preparation for the OSCE Summit, Vienna, 29 October 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 86/106
Drafting session of the OSCE Summit’s final document, Vienna, November 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 87/106
Drafting session of the OSCE Summit’s final document, Vienna, November 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 88/106
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, addresses the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 15 November 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 89/106
Beksultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) addresses the OSCE Permanent Council (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 90/106
The Pyramid of Peace and Accord in Astana, 26 November 2010 (OSCE/Vladimir Trofimchuk) – 91/106
Participants in the plenary room during the first session of the OSCE Review Conference in Astana, 26 November 2010 (OSCE/Vladimir Trofimchuk) – 92/106
Heads of State and Government during the family photo session before the opening of the OSCE Summit in Astana, 1 December 2010 – 93/106
OSCE flags outside the Palace of Independence, the venue for the 2010 OSCE Summit in Astana (OSCE/Jonathan Perfect) – 94/106
OSCE Summit session, Astana, 1 December 2010 – 95/106
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the opening of the OSCE Summit in Astana, 1 December 2010 – 96/106
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (r) shakes hands with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the OSCE Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, 1 December 2010. – 97/106
OSCE Preparatory Committee meeting on the eve of the OSCE Summit, 29 November 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 98/106
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, OSCE Summit in Astana, 2 December 2010 – 99/106
The team of the Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship Task Force after the OSCE Summit, Astana, 2 December 2010 (Ilyas Omarov) – 100/106
ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic (l) and representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova at a meeting on freedom of religion or belief, Vienna, 9 December 2010 (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher) – 101/106
OSCE CiO’s Special Envoy and Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov (r) presents to the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut the Dostyk order (order of friendship), Vienna, 15 December 2010 (T.Zhumagulov) – 102/106
Gala concert to celebrate the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan and to mark the end of the Kazakh Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe, Vienna, 15 December 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 103/106
Ambassadors Kairat Abdrakhmanov of Kazakhstan and Renatas Norkus of Lithuania at the concluding meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council under the Kazakh Chairmanship, Vienna 16 December 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 104/106
he OSCE-EU Ambassadorial Meeting, Brussels, 20 December 2010 – 105/106
The OSCE Preparatory Committee meeting, Vienna, 22 December 2010 (Talgat Zhumagulov) – 106/106
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