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(4 Dec 2008)
1. Pan of room with foreign ministers and delegates gathered for meeting
2. Mid of backdrop reading "16th Ministerial Council Meeting, Helsinki 4-5 December 2008"
3. Mid of delegates
4. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, speaking with Finnish counterpart and OSCE chair Alexander Stubb
5. Close-up Kouchner
6. Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, centre, speaking with delegates
7. Wide of hall
8. Mid of US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, right speaking with a delegate
9. Close-up Fried
10. Mid of ministers
11. Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, left, talking to Kouchner
12. Mid Stubb, standing, speaking to Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube, left, and Greek counterpart Bakoyannis
13. Close-up of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ogryzko
14. Ogryzko, left, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan
15. Wide of ministers
16. Close-up of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
17. Mid Stubb, left, and Finnish President Tarja Halonen
18. Wide of hall
STORYLINE:
Some 50 foreign ministers from a leading trans-Atlantic security group were meeting in Helsinki on Thursday to discuss ways of avoiding conflicts, according to Finnish officials.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting is aimed at improving security and solving regional conflicts, but it is expected that the war between Georgia and Russia will overshadow other topics.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled her scheduled Thursday attendance at the OSCE meeting, to travel to India.
In Helsinki, the ministers will also discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed enclave in Azerbaijani territory, which is occupied by Armenia.
The Finnish hosts say Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will also present new proposals from Russia.
OSCE chairman Alexander Stubb said he was optimistic the talks would improve ties between the 56 member states in a region that stretches from Vancouver in Canada to Vladivostok, Russia.

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