KOPENHAGEN, 3. April 2013 ( English ) – Gestern wurde in der UN-Vollversammlung ein Abkommen zur Regelung des globalen Waffenhandels angenommen. "Dies ist ein wichtiger Schritt zum Aufbau echter Sicherheit im OSZE-Raum und in der Welt", sagte der Präsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der OSZE (Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa) Wolfgang Großruck heute. „Ich möchte die Mitgliedstaaten der Vereinten Nationen für den

COPENHAGEN, 3 April 2013 ( Deutsch ) – Yesterday's historic UN vote adopting the Arms Trade Treaty is an important step towards building genuine security in the OSCE area and across the world, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Wolfgang Grossruck said today. "I'd like to commend the Member States of the United Nations for finding the political will to set national interests aside in the pursuit of the common good," Grossruck said. "This vote

KOPENHAGEN, 15. März 2013 ( English ) - Wolfgang Großruck, seit 1995 Mitglied des österreichischen Nationalrats, tritt heute die Nachfolge von OSZE PV Präsident Riccardo Migliori als amtierender Präsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE) an. Großruck füllt, als längstdienender OSZE PV Vize-Präsident, die durch das Ausscheiden des bisherigen OSZE PV Präsidenten Migliori aus dem

COPENHAGEN, 15 March 2013 ( Deutsch ) – Wolfgang Grossruck, a Member of the Austrian Parliament, today became the acting president of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Grossruck, as the Assembly's most senior vice-president, fills a vacancy created by President Riccardo Migliori's departure from the Italian Parliament. Grossruck will serve as acting president through 3 July 2013, the end of the Assembly's Annual Session. First elected vice-president

OSCE PA President Migliori meets with President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj. ULANBATAAR, Mongolia, 13 March 2013 – Mongolia, the OSCE's newest participating State, has made admirable progress but should remain vigilant about sustaining its environmental resources, President Riccardo Migliori said today after a day of meetings in the capital Ulanbataar. Migliori is the first president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to visit Mongolia, which

COPENHAGEN, 8 March 2013 – Marking International Women's Day, senior members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today called on the OSCE and its participating States to do more to combat discrimination and promote gender equality. Isabel Santos (Portugal), the Vice-Chair of the OSCE PA's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions said, "Today we look at the tragically disproportionate representation of women in our