In 2026, Switzerland assumes the chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – the world’s largest regional security organisation – for the third time. It is thus continuing a commitment that began with the drafting of the CSCE Final Act in 1975.

Fifty years ago, in August 1976, the former head of the Air Defence Forces Division, Brigadier Jean-Louis Jeanmaire, was arrested on suspicion of having passed on military information and documents to members of the Soviet Embassy in Bern.

As part of Switzerland’s third OSCE Chairmanship, Dodis and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) organised the 18ᵗʰ International Conference of Editors of Diplomatic Documents (ICEDD) on 3 and 4 September