OSCE PA Special Representatives Michel Voisin (left) and Thierry Mariani (right) greet Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan (center), on 13 December in Ashgabat. COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with

Roza Aknazarova (MP, Kyrgyzstan) addresses parliamentarians during the Autumn Meeting in Geneva, 4 October 2014. 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

OSCE PA human rights chair Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal; left) meets with Kazakhstani Ambassador Kairat Sarybay on 4 December in Basel. BASEL, 5 December 2014 – The chair of the 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. The two talked about Tuletayeva’s current situation, the

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) addresses the OSCE Ministerial Council. (courtesy of OSCE) 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. "We've been

BASEL, 3 December 2014 -- The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly convened in a meeting of the PA's Bureau in Basel, Switzerland on 3 December, the eve of the OSCE Ministerial Council. Following opening remarks by OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva and the Acting Head of the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE PA, Christine Egerszegi-Obrist, Bureau members heard reports by Secretary General Spencer Oliver, Treasurer Roberto Battelli (MP,

L to R: Wojciech Sawicki, David Hobbs and Spencer Oliver. (courtesy of NATO PA) COPENHAGEN, 2 December 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Spencer Oliver met in Brussels on 2 December with his counterparts from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and the European Parliament (EP) for discussions on the Assemblies' responses to the crisis in Ukraine and other