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Don’t overlook humanitarian impact of Ukraine crisis, urges OSCE PA’s Kulkuloglu
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2014 – As the international community supports a diplomatic solution in Ukraine, the humanitarian impact of the crisis must not be overlooked, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu told a gathering of international human rights experts in Warsaw...
OSCE PA President meets Lavrov, Matvienko in Moscow; urges Russia to play constructive role in Ukraine crisis
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW, 4 September 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) urged Russia to play a constructive role in the Ukrainian crisis and abide by OSCE commitments during meetings in Moscow today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko...
OSCE parliamentarians approve Russia resolution amid debate on Ukraine
Publishing date: 1 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 1 July 2014 – By a majority of three-to-one, OSCE parliamentarians approved a resolution that condemns Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine during a plenary meeting today at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Annual Session Baku...
OSCE PA President welcomes release of monitors in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 27 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today welcomed the release of four Donetsk-based monitors from the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine after they had spent 32 days in captivity...
OSCE PA Annual Session: Condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine among proposed supplementary resolutions
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2014 – A condemnation of Russia’s actions during the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is among more than a dozen supplementary resolutions submitted for parliamentarians to consider at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Baku, which runs from 28 June to 2 July...
Ukraine mediation efforts top agenda as OSCE PA President visits Berlin
Publishing date: 6 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 6 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic has completed a visit to Berlin, where Ukraine mediation efforts topped the agenda in talks with the President of the German Bundestag and other parliamentary and government leaders...
Statement by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President on events in Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 15 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic issued the following statement today on the situation in Ukraine...
OSCE PA President calls for cancellation of “absurd” referendums in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 10 May 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today called on separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of eastern Ukraine to cancel planned referendums on self-rule scheduled for 11 May.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation visits eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 30 April 2014 – A senior delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has completed a visit to the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts in eastern Ukraine as part of the Assembly's ongoing activities in preparation for observation of the country’s presidential election.
OSCE parliamentarians meet Acting President of Ukraine on pre-election visit
Publishing date: 28 March 2014
KYIV, 28 March 2014 – A delegation of senior OSCE parliamentarians today completed a pre-election visit to Ukraine that featured discussions with Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.