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The eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions met to hear from a number of speakers, including a presentation by Manfred Nowak, Professor of International Law and Human Rights of Vienna University, and former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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Bill Browder presented the case of his former attorney Sergei Magnitsky, who died in police custody, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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Eugenia Tymoshenko spoke about her mother Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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Iryna Bogdanova discussed the case of former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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R-l: OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou, and OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver meet before the opening of the main session of the OSCE PA's Winter Meeting in Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian Parliament, spoke at the opening of the eleventh OSCE PA Winter Meeting, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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Petros Efthymiou, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, delivering his opening speech at the eleventh OSCE PA Winter Meeting, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier delivering an address at the opening of the eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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The eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vienna, 23 February 2012.
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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, responding to questions from parliamentarians during the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Winter Meeting in Vienna, 24 February 2012.
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Lucinda Creighton, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs, speaking on behalf of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office at the Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vienna, 24 February 2012.
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The eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly brought together an estimated 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States to discuss security challenges in the OSCE region, Vienna, 23-24 February 2012.

Date Date:
23 February 2012
Source Source:
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

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