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Montenegrin Speaker of Parliament elected OSCE PA President; six new vice-presidents elected, treasurer re-elected
Publishing date: 3 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 3 July 2013 — Ranko Krivokapic, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro, today won election as president of the 57-country Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.
Political affairs and security committee leadership elected
Publishing date: 2 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 2 July 2013 – The OSCE PA Committee on Political Affairs and Security has a trio of new leaders after holding three contested elections this afternoon.
MPs debating, amending committee resolutions
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 1 July 2013- In the first full day of committee activity, rapporteurs delivered reports covering the three OSCE dimensions of security and presented their resolutions for debate. With more than 100 amendments pending in the three general committees, the members have full agendas to finalize resolution texts before moving on to supplementary items.
Resolution on economic and environmental dimension of OSCE Helsinki +40 process adopted in Istanbul
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 1 July 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee adopted a resolution today at its Istanbul Annual Session calling for binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions, new fees to make short-term stock speculation more expensive, and the utilization of green growth initiatives as an alternative to economic austerity.
Committee passes human rights resolution with focus on free expression, political prisoners
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 1 July 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today passed a resolution calling for government action to uphold freedom of expression, whether it is on the streets or on the Internet.
Officers elected to economic and environmental committee
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 1 July 2013- The Second General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment Monday elected its new committee leadership, promoting Roza Aknazarova (Kyrgyzstan) to the position of chair.
Security committee highlights need for military transparency, continued work on Afghanistan
Publishing date: 1 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 1 July 2013 — The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's political and security committee today passed a resolution to increase military transparency and strengthen international agreements on arms control.