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At Annual Session, OSCE parliamentarians debate rising extremism, xenophobia
Publishing date: 29 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 29 June 2014 – The rising tide of extremism, radicalism and xenophobia and the challenge it presents to the OSCE area was the topic of a special debate today at the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, at the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, takes stock of implementation of Swiss priorities at half time
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter, took part today in the Inaugural Plenary Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 23rd annual session in Baku...
Russian Duma Chair, Ukrainian Rada Deputy Chair address OSCE PA Annual Session
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Russian State Duma Chair Sergey Naryshkin and Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chair Ruslan Koshulynskyi addressed the opening plenary of the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku today, offering contrasting views on the crisis in Ukraine but pledging support for a diplomatic resolution...
Azerbaijan’s President, OSCE Chair-in-Office open OSCE PA Annual Session
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – The 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session has begun in Baku, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Swiss President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter addressing nearly 300 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations...
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: Azerbaijani President, OSCE Chair, Russian Duma Chair, Ukrainian Rada Deputy Chair to feature on opening day
Publishing date: 26 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BAKU, 26 June 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s most important annual gathering begins on Saturday, 28 June in Baku with addresses by senior governmental and parliamentary leaders at the center of some of the international community’s most pressing security issues...
Preparations under way for OSCE PA Annual Session in Baku
Publishing date: 25 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BAKU, 25 June 2014 – After two years of advance work and several preparatory visits, the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku is becoming a reality...