President Joao Soares observing the UK elections in Manchester, with MPs Kabirov and Sanginov of Tajikistan. LONDON, 7 May 2010 - The 6 May 2010 general elections in the United Kingdom demonstrated that democracy is a vibrant force in the world’s oldest parliamentary system. In particular, direct debates between the leaders of the three major parties sparked interest in the democratic process and in public policy in the United Kingdom. “This is

AZERI PRESS AGENCY 3 May 2010 Baku. Viktoriya Dementyeva - APA. In light of Kazakhstan's 2010 Chairmanship, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan are holding the Second Trans-Asian Parliamentary Forum in Almaty, on 14-16 May 2010, APA reports. The theme of the forum is "The OSCE Eurasian Dimension" and will include parliamentarians from OSCE participating States, Mediterranean and Asian partner

NEWS.AZ 3 May 2010 The parliamentarians will be in the UK on May 3-8. Vice-speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament, head of Azerbaijani delegation to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Bahar Muradova and MP Azay Guliyev will observe the parliamentary elections in the UK together with the OSCE observation mission, the parliament's press service said. The parliamentarians will be in the UK on May 3-8. They will visit the polling stations, give information

COPENHAGEN, 29 April 2010 — President Joao Soares has extended the mandate of and appointed new leadership to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Transparency and Accountability. In a note to Committee members, President Soares cites the Assembly’s adoption of a resolution at the Annual Session in Vilnius calling for strengthening the OSCE, emphasizing that it is time to reinvigorate the work of the Transparency Committee. The

COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2010 -- OSCE PA President Joao Soares (Portugal) has been appointed Special Co-ordinator by the Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, to lead OSCE short-term observers to the parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom on 6 May. The parliamentary leadership delegation includes a number of Members of the Assembly’s Bureau and Heads of Delegations. The London and Manchester areas will be the

COPENHAGEN, 21 April 2010 – The OSCE PA’s Special Envoy to Kyrgyzstan, Adil Akhmetov, accompanied the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, on a visit to Bishkek on 20 April to assess the situation and develop ways of overcoming the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan. The OSCE delegation met the head of the interim government, Roza Otunbayeva, as well as other leaders of the interim