18/06/2026
The OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe concluded its Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) today 🌐. The Mission was pleased to welcome back Lieutenant Colonel, Christian Zammit Cordina, International Affairs Representative, AFM for this conference.
As part of this stocktaking exercise, 🇲🇹 Malta highlighted the following points:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains the most urgent threat to security in the OSCE region. The principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of states are the basis of a common language that makes peaceful relations between states possible. Peace and security in the OSCE area remains aspirational as long as one participating State seeks to erase another from the map. When rules are disregarded, collective security is weakened. Amidst a paradigm shift in the nature of contemporary warfare, we called for a deeper focus on emerging technologies, including AI, and adapting arms control mechanisms.
Reaffirming the value of the OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, Malta stressed that contemporary challenges extend beyond conventional threats. Across the OSCE region, economic insecurity, social fragmentation, opportunities for youth also represent vulnerabilities. Through disinformation, information manipulation, coordinated online campaigns, and increasingly sophisticated AI-generated content, malicious actors are exploiting existing societal fault lines to deepen divisions, undermine democratic processes, and weaken social cohesion.
We also warned that women and girls continue to face discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence. Female journalists, politicians, human rights defenders are increasingly subjected to harassment, intimidation, and online abuse designed to silence their voices and exclude them from public life.
In an overarching space between war and peace, the OSCE remains a crucial platform for dialogue. Malta remains committed to rebuilding trust, strengthening resilience, and advancing the principles that make peaceful coexistence possible.
Chris Fearne
Christopher Cutajar
Francesca Camilleri Vettiger