The role of the OSCE: an assessment of international mediation efforts Volker Jacoby (2005) Volker Jacoby charts the OSCE Minsk Group as it evolved from a preparatory body for an international conference into the forum for the negotiations themselves. Following early years beset by friction, the USA, Russia and France emerged as Minsk Group co-chairs and between 1997 and 2001 proposed ‘package’, ‘step-by-step’ and ‘common state’ solutions. All were rejected. Crucial failings have been the failure to bridge the gap between the Stepanakert’s effective power of veto over any deal and Baku’s refusal to afford them equal status, and the assumption that an agreement could be reached personally between two Presidents who were “ahead of their populations.” Jacoby argues for more holistic peacebuilding to complement the peacemaking efforts, with OSCE support for consensus-building forums and intra-societal discussion.
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