15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the initiative of Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, a special informal meeting will be held to discuss possible short and long-term steps within the OSCE to address the issues raised by the recent publication of controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad. Representatives of 55 OSCE States and 11 partner countries (including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) are to meet in Vienna on Thursday 16 February with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, as well as the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Secretary General of the OSCE to discuss the issues raised.