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Parliamentarians to vote on approach to crisis in Syria
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 17 June 2013 – When more than 250 parliamentarians from across the Northern Hemisphere gather in Istanbul for the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly this month, many will be looking to send a collective message to the United Nations about the need for an international response to the crisis in Syria...
Azerbaijani MP proposes vote on greater role for civil society
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 17 June 2013 – A parliamentarian from Azerbaijan has called for OSCE countries to show more openness and greater engagement with civil society in a resolution now pending before the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus statement on arrests of former Georgian Officials
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus Joao Soares issued the following statement today regarding the arrests of former government officials in Georgia...
Santos calls for governmental action to protect media freedom
Publishing date: 13 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 13 May 2013 – Governments must protect media freedom online and off to be in line with international commitments and to ensure respect for citizens’ fundamental freedoms, the vice-chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee said today at the opening of an international media freedom conference...
OSCE PA deeply concerned about attack on opposition figure in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2013 – Violence has no place in a democracy, said OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck following reports that a leading opposition figure in Tajikistan was beaten outside his home in Dushanbe...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes renewal of co-operation on election observation between ODIHR and OSCE PA
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 22 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara met today with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Wolfgang Grossruck, who was on a two-day visit to Ukraine...
OSCE PA Bureau reactivates election observation agreement
Publishing date: 15 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 15 April 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly bureau today decided to reactivate the 16-year-old agreement that guides election observation by the OSCE...