The Finlandosce.org site is a distribution channel for information and services produced by the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE and the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for domestic and foreign users. The web service is provided in Finnish and English. Basic information will also be provided in Swedish in the near future.
Front page news contains main headline of the recent articles concerning activities of the Permanent Mission and Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland. Ministry for Foreign Affairs News, on the front page, opens with the most recent articles published by the foreign affairs administration.
Current Affairs contains history of the articles concerning activities of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE. Visitors can subscribe to an RSS feed and receive topical material to RSS reader.
Mission section provides information about the Permanent Mission, its tasks, personnel and premises.
Finland in the OSCE section provides information about Finland's priorities, OSCE Programmes sponsored by Finland, Finns in the OSCE and Parliamentary Assembly.
Chairmanship 2008 section introduces briefly the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship 2008.
In About the OSCE section you can find information about the history and current situation of the OSCE as well as the institutions and bodies of the OSCE and OSCE missions and field operations
With Feedback questionnaire you can send us feedback or ask questions about our web site.
Contact contains the contact details of the mission.
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Linking to the texts is free and texts can be quotes as long as the source is mentioned. Other kind of use of the material must be separately agreed upon with the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE.
Linking to individual photos is categorically denied.
Identifiable personal information of service users is not collected. We do not need users' contact details to other ends than to be able to respond to their feedback.
The Permanent Mission of Finland takes responsibility for the content of this website, which will be kept as up-to-date as possible.
The Permanent Mission of Finland does not assume responsibility for the correctness of information of linked pages maintained by other service providers.
Finlandosce.org service is maintained by the the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE jointly with the Unit for Web Communication of the Ministry's Department for Public Communication and Culture.
