The OSCE's first summit in more than a decade has concluded without agreement on an action plan meant to strengthen the security group's role in the future and further its mission of preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and former Soviet republics, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting Agerpres. World leaders at the summit did adopt a declaration of principles, which renewed their previous commitment to principles of a free and democratic security community from Vancouver to Vladivostok. Despite the lack of an action plan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev called the two-day summit a historic success and said “the result opens a new chapter in the life of our organization.” Diplomats said agreement on a new OSCE action plan was being delayed because of references to specific controversial issues -- including Moldova's breakaway Transnistrian region, lingering Russia-Georgia tensions, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh. “We could not accept an action plan at the first OSCE summit in 11 years that failed to adequately address the most serious and enduring threats to our security,” a U.S. delegation representative said in closing remarks. Failure to empower the OSCE underlined doubts among many that the uneasy mix grouping Western democracies with former Soviet republics has the teeth or the will to prevent conflicts and ensure adherence to even basic human rights. Russia had warned it would oppose any document acknowledging the integrity of Georgia, while Moscow has recognized the independence of two rebel Georgian regions as a result of the war in August 2008.. A Russian delegation representative said “compromise became impossible due to the dogmatized approach by some participants to the negotiating process.” He estimated that Moscow had “done everything” for a consensus to intervene but “ideological approach” of some States had condemned the project. The OSCE was established as a Cold War forum to resolve tensions between East and West. It has struggled to retain its relevance in the face of unresolved, long-standing conflicts among member states and new threats such as terrorism, border security, and cybercrime. The 56 member countries in the group operate by consensus -- meaning any single country can block the final document and the “framework for action”.