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More than 80 OSCE PA observers to deploy to Belarus for 17 November elections
Publishing date: 6 November 2019
COPENHAGEN, 6 November 2019 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is deploying some 80 observers, including 60 parliamentarians, to Belarus next week for the 17 November parliamentary elections.
Three decades after historic changes in Europe, President Tsereteli underlines need for effective multilateralism in speech to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 31 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 31 October 2019 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli appealed today to strengthen co-operation between all OSCE institutions in an effort to close the gap between what governments have committed to and what they do in practice...
OSCE PA at the 2019 Nordic Council in Stockholm: synergies between Nordic and OSCE agendas in focus
Publishing date: 31 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Environmental activities, Human rights
STOCKHOLM, 31 October 2019 – Nordic approaches to issues on the OSCE agenda, including human rights and environmental concerns, have been underlined by a high-level Parliamentary Assembly delegation at the 2019 Meeting of the Nordic Council...
OSCE PA human rights Chair and Vice-Chair call for commutation of death sentence in Belarus, urge moratorium
Publishing date: 28 October 2019
COPENHAGEN, 28 October 2019 – Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (MP, Cyprus) and Michael Georg Link (MP, Germany), Chair and Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, called today for authorities in Minsk to halt the execution of Viktar Syarhel, who was reportedly sentenced to death in Belarus for killing an eight-month old girl...
Restoring citizens’ trust a key responsibility of parliamentarians, says Tsereteli at European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
STRASBOURG, 25 October 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli took part in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament, hosted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 24-25 October. The event, which gathered Speakers of Parliament from 47 countries on the Eurasian continent, provided an opportunity for productive discussions on common challenges in the region and on the role of parliaments and parliamentary diplomacy in international relations...
OSCE PA Political and Security Affairs Committee Chair issues statement on the Open Skies Treaty
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 25 October 2019 – In response to reports that the current U.S. administration is considering withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, a multilateral agreement establishing a system of unarmed observation flights over the territories of 34 State Parties, Filippo Lombardi, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security, issued the following statement...
President Tsereteli and SG Montella meet European Parliament officials, highlight importance of OSCE-EU relations and parliamentary diplomacy
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
STRASBOURG, 24 October 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli and Secretary General Roberto Montella met yesterday in Strasbourg with Klara Dobrev, Vice President of the European Parliament, and Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister, to discuss OSCE-EU relations as well as common challenges of the European continent. They agreed on the need to enhance co-operation between the OSCE PA and the European Parliament and invest more on joint projects, including on election observation and conflict prevention efforts...