On 3 March 1966, in Lisbon, Portuguese General Gomes de Araújo (fourth from the left) greets senior NATO officers.

On 7 June 1966, in Lisbon, a conference on agricultural policy is held with the aim of promoting the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); this is followed by a press conference on the Organisation.

On 15 May 1995, on the margins of the meeting of the Western European Union (WEU) Council of Ministers in Lisbon, the Foreign and Defence Ministers of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain decide to establish two multinational forces, a ground force (Eurofor) and a maritime force (Euromarfor), which are answerable to WEU but may also be employed in the work of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in order to strengthen the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance.

The Security Agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Western European Union (WEU) is signed by Javier Solana (left), NATO Secretary General, and José Cutileiro, WEU Secretary-General, on 6 May 1996 in the residence of the NATO Secretary General in Brussels.

On 2 and 3 December 1996, the Belém Cultural Centre hosts the Summit of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), at the end of which the Declaration on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-First Century is adopted.

Meeting in Lisbon on 2 and 3 December 1996, the Heads of State or Government of the participating States of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) adopt the Lisbon Declaration on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-First Century and emphasise the importance of the work of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) with regard to arms control.

In 2002, Portugal holds the Chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The photo shows Antonio Martins da Cruz, Portuguese Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the organisation, at a press conference in Vienna on 2 May 2002.

Photo taken at the opening of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), held in Oporto on 6 and 7 December 2002 under the Portuguese Presidency. From left to right: Antonio Martins da Cruz, Portuguese Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the organisation, José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese Prime Minister, Mircea Geoana, Romanian Foreign Minister, and Ján Kubiš, Secretary General of the OSCE.

Meeting at the Edificio da Alfândega in Porto on 7 December 2002, the Foreign Ministers of the participating States of the OSCE adopt a Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism.

Declaration of the 10th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Oporto on 7 December 2002.

This information document sets out the priorities of the Portuguese Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from May to November 2005. Portugal, which will assume this responsibility after the organisation’s Third Summit of Heads of State and Government, intends to monitor the action taken on the decisions taken at the Summit.

Portugal holds the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from May to November 2005. The photo shows Diego Freitas do Amaral, Portuguese Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, delivering an address to the Parliamentary Assembly on 22 June 2005 in Strasbourg.

Portugal holds the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from May to November 2005. This photo, taken at the inauguration of an exhibition on Portugal on 6 October 2005 in Strasbourg, shows (from left to right): Fernando d’Oliveira Neves, Portuguese Junior Minister for European Affairs, Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Joaquim Caimoto-Duarte, Permanent Representative of Portugal and President-in-Office of the Ministers’ Deputies, and René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly.

On 16 November 2005, at the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the Permanent Representative of Portugal and Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies of the Council of Europe, Joaquim Duarte, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg.

Photo prise le 16 novembre 2005 à Strasbourg, à l'occasion de la cérémonie organisée par le Conseil de l'Europe pour célébrer, avec l'Union européenne, le 50^ème anniversaire du drapeau européen. De g. à dr.: Joaquim Caimoto-Duarte, représentant permanent du Portugal et président en exercice des délégués des ministres du Conseil de l'Europe, René van der Linden, président de l'Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe, José Manuel Barroso, président de la Commission européenne, et Terry Davis, secrétaire général du Conseil de l'Europe.

On 19 March 2007, the Portuguese President, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, awards the 2007 Council of Europe North-South Prize to Mukhtar Mai from Pakistan for her commitment to the defence of women’s rights in Pakistan. The prize-giving ceremony takes place in Lisbon, the seat of the North-South Centre since 1990, in the Senate Hall of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic.

On 9 October 2007, the Council of Europe, the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission hold an international conference in Lisbon, in the Belém Cultural Centre, against the death penalty. From left to right: Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, Vuk Jeremic, Serbian Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission.