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Sustainable development key to security, says economic and environmental committee Chair Nilza de Sena in Vienna
Publishing date: 4 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 4 June 2019 – Security is inextricably linked with development, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Nilza de Sena (MP, Portugal) said today at the OSCE’s Security Days event in Vienna. Parliamentarians must push for the full implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), de Sena said, noting that the PA can play an important part in generating the needed political will.
Human drama for people near contact line in Ukraine intolerable, say OSCE PA humanitarian leaders in Kyiv
Publishing date: 3 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 3 June 2019 – Margareta Kiener Nellen and Kyriakos Hadjiyianni, the Chair and Rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, respectively, today wrapped up a five-day mission to Ukraine, which included visits to the contact line in the east of the country, a centre for internally displaced persons, and medical facilities. Following the visit, which was supported by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), the PA delegation stressed that renewed conflict resolution efforts, freedom of movement for civilians, and concrete humanitarian measures are urgently needed in Ukraine...
In address to NATO parliamentarians, OSCE PA President Tsereteli calls for stronger partnership to defend common values and tackle security challenges
Publishing date: 3 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BRATISLAVA, 3 June 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) spoke today at the Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, calling on both organizations to reinforce their partnership to achieve a safe and secure Europe without divisions.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to observe Kazakhstan’s early presidential election
Publishing date: 29 May 2019
COPENHAGEN, 29 May 2019 – Some 50 OSCE parliamentarians from 23 countries will deploy to Kazakhstan for the 9 June early presidential election...
In Oslo, OSCE PA delegation urges continued focus on the High North, President Tsereteli names new Special Representative on Arctic Issues
Publishing date: 24 May 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Environmental activities
OSLO, 24 May 2019 – Arctic countries need to maintain concerted efforts to safeguard the High North as an area of peaceful co-operation, while all OSCE countries must commit to the protection of the nature and biodiversity of the Arctic, a delegation of OSCE parliamentarians highlighted today in a visit to Oslo...
In visit to Arctic region, OSCE PA leadership explores local and global impact of climate change
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
LONGYEARBYEN, 23 May 2019 – The concrete impact of global warming and the changing nature of the Arctic region are the focus of an OSCE PA visit hosted by the Norwegian parliament this week. In Svalbard, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, OSCE parliamentarians explored new local realities in the High North and considered how climate change poses security risks for the entire OSCE region...
OSCE leaders express concern regarding violent protests in Albania, call for utmost restraint and dialogue
Publishing date: 13 May 2019
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
Bratislava/Copenhagen/Vienna, 13 May 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) George Tsereteli and OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella today strongly condemned the use of violence by this weekend‘s protesters in Albania’s capital Tirana, as well as the threats and attempted intimidation directed at the Head of the OSCE’s Presence in Albania and at the Organization in general. They also called on law enforcement officials to show restraint.