OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen and Secretary General Roberto Montella COPENHAGEN, 20 December 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s President and Secretary General, Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) and Roberto Montella, respectively, today issued the following statement on the assassination of Andrey Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, in Ankara on Monday: “The fatal shooting of Ambassador Karlov was not only an unfounded attack

OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen COPENHAGEN, 20 December 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) condemned in the strongest terms the attack Monday at a Christmas market in Berlin, offering condolences to the families of the victims and wishing the survivors speedy recoveries. In a statement issued today, she stressed that indiscriminate acts of violence can never be justified or tolerated, and called

Miratovac reception facilities in Serbia, 4 Feb. 2016. COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2016 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration today marked International Migrants Day with a call for European and global leaders to adopt a coherent, co-ordinated response to migration based on the principles of human rights and international co-operation that are at the heart of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in

Special Co-ordinator Roberto Battelli meets with Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki in Skopje, 7 Dec. 2016 SKOPJE, 12 December 2016 – The 11 December parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were competitive and an essential step in resolving two years of deep political crisis, but took place in an environment characterized by widespread public mistrust in institutions and the political establishment, international

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: “I strongly condemn the terrorist attacks this weekend in Istanbul and Cairo, and extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims. These heinous acts

Bureau of the OSCE PA's human rights committee: Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni, Ivana Dobesova and Ignacio Sanchez Amor 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. Committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) stated that all OSCE countries should renew their