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Resolution on Moldova calls for stronger ties between Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 3 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 3 July 2012 – A resolution now pending before the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly would create more regular opportunities for dialogue between members of the Moldovan Parliament and representatives of the Transdniestrian Supreme Soviet if approved...
Homeward bound: MPs to vote for action on displaced persons in Georgia
Publishing date: 3 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 3 July 2012 – With United Nations estimates of more than 359,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Republic of Georgia, Polish MP Michal Szczerba has put forward a resolution calling on OSCE participating States to support the safe and dignified return of IDPs within Georgia and its occupied territories...
Parliamentarians to stress assistance for children in post-crisis situations
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 2 July 2012 – At their Annual Session to be held in Monaco, parliamentarians from the world’s largest regional security organization, the OSCE, will vote on a resolution underlining the need for greater assistance to children living in post-crisis situations...
Monaco meeting to underline the contribution of small States to international affairs
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 2 July 2012 – At a meeting in Monaco, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), the world’s largest regional security organization, is set to vote on a resolution that will recognize the contribution of small states to international organizations...
OSCE report highlights inadequate and unequal social assistance for vulnerable groups in BiH
Publishing date: 29 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 29 June 2012 – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s most vulnerable individuals are not receiving adequate and proportional social protection benefits, according to an OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina report launched today...
Investigations into CIA use of extraordinary rendition to be debated in Monaco
Publishing date: 28 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2012 – A resolution now before the 56-country OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calls for the United States to co-operate with European investigations into the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s extraordinary rendition programme, which may include abduction and torture of alleged terrorists, and the use of secret prisons in Europe...
Parliamentarians to vote on visa ban bill, rule of law in Russia
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly