Finland’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Outi Hyvärinen, presented her credentials to OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu in Vienna on 1 September 2026. They discussed current issues concerning the OSCE. Officials from Finland’s Permanent Mission to the OSCE, Mr Kimmo Laukkanen and Ms Marjo Kaller, were also present.

Finland is providing EUR 200,000 to a UN Women initiative aimed at promoting women’s participation in mediation and peace processes. Finland is strongly committed to promoting human rights and gender equality through its foreign policy and has long supported the United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security agenda.