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European security org faces existential crisis at meeting

Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani attends a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani attends a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich, center, leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Delegates attend a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani attends a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich, center, leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Delegates attend a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani attends a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, second left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, second right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich, center, leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Delegates attend a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich leaves a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) U.S. Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Ambassador Michael R. Carpenter speaks to the media during a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, left, and Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, left, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, right, attend a press conference after a closing session of a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. A security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, center, delivers a closing speech during a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. OSCE, a security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe, ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
European security org faces existential crisis at meeting