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OSCE PA to deploy some 50 observers for North Macedonia presidential election
Publishing date: 12 April 2019
COPENHAGEN, 12 April 2019 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is deploying nearly 50 observers, including 31 parliamentarians, to North Macedonia next week for the 21 April presidential election. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office has appointed French parliamentarian Sereine Mauborgne as Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission. Austrian parliamentarian Reinhold Lopatka will lead the OSCE PA’s delegation of observers...
Assembly leadership meets in Copenhagen, hears from Albanian President and OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 8 April 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
COPENHAGEN, 8 April 2019 – Meeting today in the Danish capital, the elected Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly heard remarks from Albanian President Ilir Meta related to Albania's upcoming Chairmanship of the OSCE, as well as OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, and Head of the OSCE PA’s Danish Delegation Peter Juel Jensen. Bureau members discussed current international issues and offered feedback on the reports and draft resolutions being prepared for the 28th Annual Session this summer in Luxembourg...
Humane return policy critical to well-functioning immigration system, say OSCE parliamentarians in Brussels
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
BRUSSELS, 3 April 2019 – The Return Policy of European Union Member States and Belgium’s practices in this area were the focus of a visit by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration to Brussels on Tuesday, led by Chair Nahima Lanjri (Belgium)...
President Tsereteli reinforces co-operation between the PA, Dutch Parliament and High Commissioner on National Minorities in visit to The Hague
Publishing date: 28 March 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
THE HAGUE, 28 March 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) was in The Hague yesterday for meetings aimed at reinforcing bilateral co-operation with the Dutch parliament and joint work between the Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM)...
In Luxembourg, OSCE PA President and Secretary General sign agreement for 2019 Annual Session, hold high-level meetings
Publishing date: 26 March 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
LUXEMBOURG CITY, 26 March 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) and Secretary General Roberto Montella are visiting the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to finalize with the Chamber of Deputies the agreement to hold the Parliamentary Assembly’s 28th Annual Session in Luxembourg City.
Tsereteli and Barnett in Kyiv in advance of election observation
Publishing date: 28 February 2019
KYIV, 28 February 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) and Treasurer Doris Barnett (MP, Germany) have wrapped up a two-day visit to Kyiv where they were on a pre-electoral visit ahead of the observation mission to be deployed for the 31 March presidential election...
Migration, counter-terrorism, corruption and more debated at OSCE PA’s Winter Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism, Migration
VIENNA, 22 February 2019 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 18th Winter Meeting concluded today in Vienna with lively debates on migration, counter-terrorism, gender issues, and combating corruption. With nearly 300 OSCE parliamentarians in attendance, Chairs of OSCE PA ad hoc committees, Special Representatives, and leaders of recent election observation missions presented reports at today’s closing plenary session...