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Kanerva highlights OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project, meets Serbian FM at seminar
Publishing date: 9 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 9 October 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) underscored the vital contribution of the PA to the OSCE’s reform efforts on the 40th anniversary of its founding document at a seminar today in Helsinki...
Human rights, humanitarian issues the focus of closing session at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting
Publishing date: 5 October 2014
GENEVA, 5 October 2014 – Human rights and humanitarian issues were the focus of presentations and parliamentary debate on the final day of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting in Geneva...
Climate change, environment-technology connection at center of OSCE PA Autumn Meeting day two
Publishing date: 4 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Environmental activities
GENEVA, 4 October 2014 – Climate change and the connections between environment and technology took center stage on day two of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting, which has brought together some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations in Geneva this week...
OSCE parliamentarians debate Ukraine crisis at Autumn Meeting
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 3 October 2014 – OSCE parliamentarians from three continents engaged in a wide-ranging and at times emotional debate on the continuing crisis in Ukraine during the opening day of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting in Geneva...
Ukraine in focus as OSCE Chair-in-Office opens OSCE PA Autumn Meeting
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 3 October 2014 –The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting has opened in Geneva, with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter urging some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations to support the “very fragile shift” from “a military to a political logic in the Ukraine crisis.”...
OSCE PA Autumn Meeting opens Friday, featuring Ukraine debate and address by OSCE Chair-in-Office
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting, bringing together more than 450 participants from more than 50 countries, opens Friday, 3 October in Geneva, Switzerland...
Reflection, ideas for reform feature in OSCE PA’s first Helsinki +40 seminar
Publishing date: 26 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 26 September 2014 – The first in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 seminar series has concluded in Moscow, with participants assessing the present role of the OSCE, including how the Organization is addressing the crisis in Ukraine...