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OSCE PA’s economic and environmental committee leaders applaud historic effort to contain Chernobyl contamination
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 29 November 2016 – Welcoming the unveiling of a giant new dome being placed over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s fourth reactor in Ukraine – the site 30 years ago of the worst accident in the history of nuclear power in the world – the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today issued the following statement...
OSCE tools must be used in the collective interest of all, President Tsereteli says in speech to OSCE ambassadors in Vienna
Publishing date: 12 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 11 October 2018 – With one billion citizens of the OSCE area – or 15 per cent of the world’s population – relying on diplomacy to succeed in creating a world free from oppression, discrimination, poverty and violence, political will must be generated to ensure full implementation of OSCE commitments, Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) said today in Vienna...
Statement by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Kanerva on the Ukrainian elections
Publishing date: 29 October 2014
COPENHAGEN, 29 October – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the early parliamentary elections in Ukraine:..
OSCE PA President meets Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin at conclusion of country visit
Publishing date: 13 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 13 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kyiv at the conclusion of his three-day visit to the country...
Election observation, rule of law and international co-operation focus of OSCE PA visit to Poland
Publishing date: 23 March 2018
WARSAW, 23 March 2018 – Wrapping up a two-day visit to Warsaw, where meetings have taken place with colleagues from the Polish Parliament and from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) said today that solving common problems requires greater international co-operation.
Ceasefire a welcome step toward diplomatic solution in Ukraine, says OSCE PA Vice-President Barnett
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Doris Barnett (MP, Germany) today welcomed the announcement by separatists in eastern Ukraine that they will observe a temporary ceasefire proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...
OSCE PA President George concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 June 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
KIEV, 17 June 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Bruce George (MP, United Kingdom), paid an official visit to Ukraine from 15 to 17 June in conjunction with his participation in an OSCE Seminar on the Democratic Control...
OSCE meeting in Ukraine discusses democratic control of armed forces by civil society
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
KYIV, 17 June 2003- Improving the integration of armed forces into civil society and strengthening parliamentary oversight of the army, police and security forces were on top of the agenda of a two-day OSCE workshop which ended in Kyiv, Ukraine today...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights chair calls for release of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov
Publishing date: 27 August 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 27 August 2016 – The forced commitment to a psychiatric clinic of Ilmi Umerov represents a worrying new low in Russia’s stigmatization of the Crimean Tatar community and should be immediately reversed, said the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's human rights committee, Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) today...
OSCE PA President expresses grave concern at developments in Ukraine; calls on States to respect Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 3 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 3 March 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today expressed grave concern at developments in Ukraine and urged all OSCE participating States to respect the principles and spirit of the Helsinki Final Act.