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Lima agreement a start, but far greater ambition needed to tackle climate change, says OSCE PA’s Aknazarova
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 16 December 2014 – Roza Aknazarova (MP, Kyrgyzstan), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, today welcomed the agreement reached at the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima but warned that far greater ambition is needed to mitigate the effects of rising temperatures...
OSCE PA human rights chair speaks to released Kazakhstani activist
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BASEL, 5 December 2014 – The chair of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), spoke on 4 December via telephone with Kazakhstani labor activist Roza Tuletayeva, who was released from prison on 19 November...
OSCE facing its greatest modern challenge with Ukraine crisis, Parliamentary Assembly President tells Foreign Ministers
Publishing date: 4 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BASEL, 4 December 2014 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is facing its greatest challenge in recent memory as it responds to the Ukraine crisis and must take decisive steps, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said in an address to the Organization’s foreign ministers today...
Statement by OSCE PA President Kanerva on the opening of the new Ukrainian Parliament, election of Speaker
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 27 November 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the opening session of the new Ukrainian Parliament and the election of a Speaker...
'Ball clearly in Russia’s court' to resolve Ukraine crisis, says OSCE PA President at NATO PA
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – It is first and foremost up to Russia to take immediate, concrete steps towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today in an address at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 60th Annual Session in The Hague...
OSCE PA’s human rights chair calls on Russia to end targeting of Memorial, other NGOs
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – The chair of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today called on Russian authorities to ensure the ability of non-governmental organizations, including human rights group Memorial, to continue their important work and rescind restrictive regulations on their activities...
OSCE needs stronger institutions, focus on commitments, say participants in PA’s Helsinki +40 Washington seminar
Publishing date: 19 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 19 November 2014 – The second leg of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 seminar series has concluded in Washington, with six current and former Assembly presidents, members of the U.S. Congress, diplomats, experts and academics considering how the OSCE can most effectively promote good transatlantic relations and respond to new challenges, particularly in light of the crisis in Ukraine...