OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) and Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic during their meeting in Helsinki, 9 October. COPENHAGEN, 15 January 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today welcomed the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE and pledged the Assembly's support for its focus on resolving the conflict in Ukraine and other goals. "On behalf of the OSCE's parliamentary branch, I welcome the Serbian

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva COPENHAGEN, 14 January 2015 – The attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week that followed the rampage at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo is a sign of the increasing virulence of anti-Semitism in Europe and points to the urgent need to combat this scourge, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today. "The blight of anti-Semitism has forever left its mark on Europe

COPENHAGEN, 7 January 2015 – In response to Wednesday's attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva issued the following statement: "On behalf of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I condemn the heinous attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, which has reportedly killed at least 12 people. My heart goes out to the victims, to their families and colleagues,

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