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OSCE PA President Muttonen condemns terrorist attacks in Turkey and Egypt
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 12 December 2016 – In response to this weekend’s terrorist attacks near a football stadium in Istanbul and at a Coptic Christian cathedral complex in Cairo, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement...
Celebrate Human Rights Day by renewing commitments, say OSCE PA human rights committee leaders
Publishing date: 10 December 2016
COPENHAGEN, 10 December 2016 – Leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee today marked Human Rights Day with calls for a greater commitment to fundamental freedoms and basic rights across the OSCE area...
In address to OSCE Ministerial Council, PA President Muttonen urges strong and effective OSCE through principle-based dialogue
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
HAMBURG, 8 December 2016 – Addressing the foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s 57 participating States and other dignitaries today, Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) said that a strong OSCE is needed to help to improve the security situation across North America, Europe and Central Asia. She stressed that the PA stands ready to do its part working for a more effective organization, noting that OSCE parliamentarians can help mobilize the political will needed for real results...
President Muttonen welcomes Russian engagement with OSCE PA in meetings with Matvienko and Tolstoy in Moscow
Publishing date: 30 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
MOSCOW, 30 November 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) met with Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko and State Duma Deputy Chair Petr Tolstoy in Moscow this week for talks that focused on Russian involvement in the work of the OSCE PA, contribution of parliamentarians to the OSCE, and developments in and around Ukraine...
OSCE PA’s economic and environmental committee leaders applaud historic effort to contain Chernobyl contamination
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 29 November 2016 – Welcoming the unveiling of a giant new dome being placed over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s fourth reactor in Ukraine – the site 30 years ago of the worst accident in the history of nuclear power in the world – the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today issued the following statement...
OSCE parliamentarians to observe upcoming elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
COPENHAGEN, 28 November 2016 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and provide leadership for the short-term OSCE observer mission...
In visit to UN, President Muttonen emphasizes importance of international co-operation
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 14 November 2016 – In a visit to United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday and Friday, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) highlighted the Assembly’s activities in a range of areas, including election observation, migration, gender, parliamentary diplomacy, mediation, and conflict prevention and resolution.