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all Baltic Sea countries</FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">We are extremely happy to
inform you that the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, works
really hard on calling together a new OSCE summit 2025, an idea which we
supported in our letter to decision makers and the OSCE secretariat and
delegations in June.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">At the end of this mail
you will find <B>excerpts from today's (26.8.2021)
newspaper</B> <B>“Hufvudstadsbladet”</B> (daily newspaper published in
Swedish since about 5 % of the Finnish population is Swedish
speaking) (article in Swedish here: <A
style="COLOR: rgb(25,106,212); text-decoration-line: underline"
href="https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/helsingforsandan-drivs-pa-i-aktiv-utrikespolitik/"
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target=_blank>https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/helsingforsandan-drivs-pa-i-aktiv-utrikespolitik/</A>)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">The whole speech of Niinistö in
English: <A style="COLOR: rgb(25,106,212); text-decoration-line: underline"
href="https://www.presidentti.fi/en/speeches/speech-by-president-of-the-republic-of-finland-sauli-niinisto-at-the-ambassadors-conference-on-24-august-2021/"
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>NGOs all over the Baltic
Sea region (and elsewhere) should now cooperate in order to get involved in the
preparations for the OSCE Anniversary. </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>There should be side-events for NGOs and also some channels for more
official talks with officials.</SPAN><BR></DIV>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Take care – stay
strong!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Ulla Klötzer – Women for
Peace, Women Against Nuclear Power - Finland</FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=ydp4ce931ecMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>Hufvudstadsbladet 26.8.2021:</SPAN></B></P>
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class=ydp4ce931ecMsoNormal><B><I><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>The spirit of Helsinki is
being pursued in active foreign policy </SPAN></I></B></P>
<P
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class=ydp4ce931ecMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>President Sauli Niinistö is working intensively to ensure that
Helsinki hosts a major summit during the OSCE conference's anniversary year
2025. The Helsinki spirit from the 1975 conference is emphasized as a recipe for
bringing the parties closer together in today's multilateral world.
…</SPAN></B></P>
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class=ydp4ce931ecMsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>It was in March that President Sauli Niinistö in a column in
Helsingin Sanomat first suggested that the 50th anniversary of the OSCE
conference in Helsinki should be celebrated with a summit of heads of state in
2025. …</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>At the Ambassadors’ Conference (Helsinki) earlier this week, he
returned to the issue and devoted a central part of his speech to the idea of a
summit in 2025 and the importance of a resurrected Helsinki spirit. After
decades of disagreement and tensions - Hungary in 1956, the Berlin Wall, the
Cuban Missile Crisis and the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 - a
constructive dialogue was launched with the aim of creating at least a minimum
of trust and policy of detente. …</SPAN></P>
<P
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class=ydp4ce931ecMsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US>In his speech at the Ambassadors’ Conference, he built on his
previous hope for a broad summit in Helsinki in four years. He sees it as
natural that Finland should also shoulder the chairmanship of the Organization
for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) during the anniversary year.
Niinistö indicated that the issue will be raised later this week when OSCE
Secretary-General Helga Maria Schmid visits Helsinki.</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>According to the President, there is a great need to reaffirm the
Helsinki Principles of 1975 and to restore the functioning of the entire
organization. The final declaration from Helsinki contains, among other things,
formulations on sovereign equality, inviolability of borders, peaceful
resolution of disagreements, cooperation between states and respect for human
rights.</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>The need for real dialogue, even across bloc borders, is necessary. A
certain amount of trust should be built up regardless of how frosty some
relationships right now seem to be.</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>Niinistö claims to have probed the terrain regarding a Helsinki
meeting and received encouraging reactions from various headquarters, including
central places such as Berlin, Moscow, Washington and Beijing. Foreign Minister
Pekka Haavisto (Green Party) has also promoted the President's thoughts in his
contacts with Foreign Minister colleagues.</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>Finland will achieve and has at the moment other visible roles in
international politics. In October, Finland is likely to be elected a member of
the UN Human Rights Council for the next three years, and this is a platform
that should be taken into account. This autumn, Finland will also begin a
two-year presidency of the Barents Council at the same time
chairing the last months of the presidency of the Nordic Council of
Ministers.</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>At the same time, the Finnish government wants to see the EU as a
major power factor and expresses concern about the anonymous and withdrawn role
of EU in today's world - most recently in connection with the events in
Afghanistan. At the Ambassadors’ Conference, this was an issue in several
speeches. President Niinistö stated that he has long been concerned about how
Europe has lost ground compared to other centers of power. According to him,
more power, unity, determination and commitment in a jointly chosen line are
required. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP), the one who really has the EU issues
on her table, also said that we need to work consistently for a more active
Europe, independent of the political economic fluctuations in other states, and
that power of action goes hand in hand with greater European responsibility.
…</SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ullaklotzer@yahoo.com href="mailto:ullaklotzer@yahoo.com">Ulla Klotzer</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 26, 2021 12:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> GOOD NEWS - New OSCE Summit
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