According to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, who has been serving as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) since 1 January 2004, the Sofia meeting will focus on a range of issues covering policy and operational areas, including a question asked by Passy in his welcome note: "What is the most effective response to … threats such as terrorism, organised crime and trafficking in human beings, small arms and drugs?"
Prema rečima bugarskog ministra inostranih poslova Solomona Pasija, koji je predsedavajući OEBS-a od 1. januara 2004, na sastanku u Sofiji biće razmotren niz pitanja koja se odnose na oblasti vezane za politiku i delovanje organizacije, uključujući pitanje koje je Pasi postavio u svojoj pozdravnoj poruci: «Koja je najefikasnija reakcija na … pretnje kao što su terorizam, organizovani kriminal i trgovina ljudima, malim oružjem i drogama?»