Archives and records
The Documentation Centre in Prague is the chief repository for archives created by the OSCE since its foundation as the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). The primary function of the Documentation Centre is to collect, describe, preserve and make these records available for research.
The Documentation Centre holds all major CSCE/OSCE conference documents, CSCE policy records and documents from 1972 to1994, and OSCE records from 1995 onwards, in hardcopy and digital format.
These vital collections form the basis of the Organization’s institutional memory and can be consulted in the Documentation Centre using a range of finding aids and search tools.
In addition to the archives of the CSCE/OSCE, researchers also have access to a reference library of secondary sources with multilingual books, articles, videos and specialized journals. These publications relate to international and European relations, legislation, human and minority rights, fundamental freedoms and European security.