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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns Ankara attacks, calls for accountability
Publishing date: 10 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement on today’s deadly blasts in Ankara, which targeted a rally calling for an end to violence with Kurdish separatists...
International election observers to present findings at press conference in Bishkek on Monday
Publishing date: 3 October 2015
BISHKEK, 3 October 2015- The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 5 October, in Bishkek...
In Moscow, OSCE PA President urges parliamentary bodies to safeguard international norms
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2015 – Interparliamentary organizations, national parliaments and individual parliamentarians can best promote international security by championing rules and norms, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said in Moscow today...
OSCE States must lead in pursuing UN Sustainable Development Goals, says Parliamentary Assembly’s Aknazarova
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 28 September 2015 – Roza Aknazarova (MP, Kyrgyzstan), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, today welcomed the adoption of the United Nations’ post-2015 development agenda and urged the OSCE’s participating States to pursue faithful implementation...
OSCE Special Co-ordinator visits Belarus ahead of presidential election observation
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
COPENHAGEN, 24 September 2015 – The Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE’s short-term observers for the presidential election in Belarus, Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), met with high-level officials and a range of other interlocutors in Minsk and Homel this week to discuss the preparations and environment for the upcoming vote...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will not send observers to Azerbaijan if ODIHR does not, says PA President
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) decided last week that no OSCE PA delegation will deploy to observe the 1 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, in line with an earlier decision made by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE parliamentarians to observe presidential election in Belarus, advance visit this week
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
COPENHAGEN, 22 September 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming presidential election in Belarus and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission...