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Press releases and media advisories
Disclaimer: These press releases are issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The views expressed in these press releases do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.
President Efthymiou calls for halting of death penalty in Belarus
COPENHAGEN, 16 March 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou called today for authorities in Minsk to halt its use of the death penalty after reports that President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to go forward with the use of the death penalty in the cases of two men convicted for the April 2011 Minsk metro bombing...
Chair-in-Office Gilmore visits OSCE PA, reinforces value of parliamentary input to security
COPENHAGEN, 9 March 2012 – Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore visited the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly International Secretariat today and expressed his support for parliamentarians being more closely involved in the comprehensive work of the OSCE...
OSCE PA Vice-President Habsburg Douglas denied visit to Tymoshenko in Ukraine
KYIV, 5 March 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas, vice-president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly and member of Swedish parliament, today was denied access to visit former Ukrainian prime minster Yulia Tymoshenko, who remains in prison...
OSCE PA to observe Russian Presidential Elections
COPENHAGEN, 28 February 2012 – President Petros Efthymiou has announced that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly will observe the Russian presidential elections on 4 March... ()
Protecting Internet freedom, human rights and fighting transnational threats should be top priorities, say participants of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting
VIENNA, 23 February 2012 - Addressing security challenges in the OSCE region is the focus of the eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which started today in Vienna, bringing together an estimated 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States...
President Efthymiou discusses peace process and OSCE participation during visit to Ramallah
RAMALLAH, 14 February 2012 -- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President held a series of meetings in Ramallah Tuesday focused on peace in the Middle East and economic development in the Palestinian Territories...
President Efthymiou urges peace, regional co-operation in official visit to Israel
JERUSALEM, 14 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou pushed for greater OSCE activity from Israeli parliamentarians and aimed to encourage peaceful dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli leaders amid changing dynamics in the region during two days of meetings in Jerusalem that ended today...
OSCE PA human rights chair welcomes release of Zhovtis: Mecacci calls on Kazakhstan to release all political prisoners
COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee chair Matteo Mecacci (Italy) today welcomed the news that Kazakhstani authorities are set to release imprisoned human rights defender Yvgeny Zhovtis under a general amnesty later this month...
Efthymiou, Soares meet OSCE Chair-in-Office in Dublin
DUBLIN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou expressed support today for the Irish Chairmanship agenda, including internet freedom and conflict resolution, during a meeting with Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore...
Habsburg Douglas hosts Kyrgyz Parliamentarians in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, 31 January 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) is hosting a delegation of parliamentarians this week from the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic on a study visit to the Swedish Riksdagen...