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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative holds high-level meetings in Kyrgyzstan, delivers speech at OSCE Academy on conflict prevention
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BISHKEK, 3 June 2016 – Wrapping up a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, which has included meetings with the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and officials at the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia and Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Christine Muttonen spoke to students today at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on conflict prevention and peace-building, noting the strengths of the OSCE’s approach, as well as areas for improvement...
At OSCE Code of Conduct conference, PA Members stress importance of parliamentary oversight
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BERLIN, 3 June 2016 – Some 20 OSCE parliamentarians were in Berlin this week for an OSCE Code of Conduct conference focused on strengthening parliamentary control of the security sector. The event, which took place 2-3 June, highlighted the important role that parliaments play in both the oversight of armed forces and in increasing the level of political support for the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects, particularly in the context of emerging security challenges...
At start of Central Asia visit, Special Representative Muttonen calls for unity in struggle against violent extremism
Publishing date: 31 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 31 May 2016 – Expressing a strong belief in the role of inter-parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, today called for greater unity and co-operation across the OSCE area in countering violent extremism...
In Azerbaijan, OSCE PA Special Representative encourages increased parliamentary exchanges for Nagorno-Karabakh peace resolution
Publishing date: 28 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 28 May 2016 – Concluding a two-day visit to Azerbaijan today, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria) reiterated the need for increased parliamentary communication in favour of efforts for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
In Georgia, OSCE PA Special Representative calls for calm in advance of elections, deplores shooting at administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
TBILISI, 27 May 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), today concluded a two-day visit to Georgia...
OSCE PA Special Representative on the South Caucasus and Human Rights Committee Chair welcome release of Azerbaijan’s Ismayilova
Publishing date: 25 May 2016
COPENHAGEN, 25 May 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), and the Chair of the OSCE PA’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today welcomed the release by the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova...
Statement by OSCE PA Human Rights Committee Chair Isabel Santos on Nadiya Savchenko’s release
Publishing date: 25 May 2016
COPENHAGEN, 25 May 2016 – Following the release of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament Nadiya Savchenko after nearly two years in a Russian prison, reportedly in exchange for two alleged Russian servicemen Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, issued the following statement:...