Jérémie Juvet, Model OSCE Swiss Youth Ambassador (l), and Michael Georg Link, Director of ODIHR (r) at the Opening session of the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, 4 December. OSCE/FDFA/Béatrice Devènes ODIHR Director Michael Georg Link (l) and German Foreign Minister FrankWalter Steinmeier speaking at a press conference after their meeting in Berlin, 11 July. “ODIHR is not only the most important instrument in the OSCE for Elections, Human Rights and Democratic Institutions. It is the real ‘daughter of freedom’ in Europe’s security community,” Link said in his statement. German Foreign Office 8 ODIHR Annual Report 2014