COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2011 – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today congratulated Ambassador Lamberto Zannier on becoming the new Secretary General of the world’s largest regional security organization. Ambassador Zannier of Italy was named to the position today after receiving consensus support from the 56 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. “I congratulate Ambassador Zannier on his

COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2011 – Electricity black outs. Nuclear plant malfunctions. Attacks considered to be dealt by 'brute force' on unsuspecting government networks. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly is now considering a resolution to enhance international co-operation on cyber security. The resolution introduced by Francois Xavier de Donnea (MP, Belgium) calls for creating: confidence-building

COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2011 – The chair of an international human rights committee has introduced a resolution to ensure Christians are able to participate fully in public life without discrimination. Swedish Parliamentarian Walburga Habsburg Douglas introduced the resolution for consideration by the 56 country Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly after recent cases of discrimination against preachers or

COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2011 – A resolution proposed by Serbian MP Suzana Grubjesic and now pending at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly would recommend the urgent undertaking of an international investigation into organ trafficking crimes committed in Kosovo and Metohija. “Human trafficking alone is one of the most severe crimes against humanity, but trafficking in human organs takes this crime to an

COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2011 – National governments should do more to make information freely available online and tear down the digital divide that leaves lower income people unequal Internet access, according to a resolution now pending before the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The resolution introduced by Slovenian MP Luka Juri and co-sponsored by 40 parliamentarians from 15 countries stresses the

КОПЕНГАГЕН, 30 июня 2011 года – Генеральный секретарь ПА ОБСЕ Спенсер Оливер встретился 28 июня в Москве с Председателем Центральной избирательной комиссии России Владимиром Чуровым для обсуждения условий наблюдения за российскими парламентскими выборами, которые состоятся 4 декабря. ПА ОБСЕ наблюдала все российские парламентские выборы с 1993 г. В 2007 г., когда ОБСЕ\БДИПЧ решило не осуществлять наблюдение в связи с ограничениями по