OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic during their meeting in Helsinki, 9 October. COPENHAGEN, 9 October 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) underscored the vital contribution of the PA to the OSCE's reform efforts on the 40th anniversary of its founding document at a seminar today in Helsinki. Kanerva also met with Serbian Foreign Minister and 2015 OSCE

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the OSCE PA Standing Committee on 4 October. COPENHAGEN, 6 October 2014 – Addressing the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee, consisting of heads of national delegations and elected members of the Bureau, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on October 4 presented a detailed description of the proposed OSCE Budget for 2015. Following the presentation, the Secretary General fielded

Victor Dolidze, Head of Georgia's Delegation to the OSCE PA, at the Autumn Meeting in Geneva, 3 October 2014 COPENHAGEN, 6 October 2014 – At the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Committee meeting in Geneva on 4 October, the Heads of National Delegations unanimously approved an invitation from Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili, delivered by Georgian Head of Delegation Victor Dolidze, for Georgia to host the Assembly's

Some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations gathered in Geneva for the OSCE PA's 2014 Autumn Meeting. (courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 5 October 2014 – Human rights and humanitarian issues were the focus of presentations and parliamentary debate on the final day of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting in Geneva. In opening the session, Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu (MP, Turkey), Vice-Chair of the OSCE

Roza Aknazarova (MP, Kyrgyzstan), Chair of the OSCE PA's Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, speaks on 4 October. (courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 4 October 2014 – Climate change and the connections between environment and technology took center stage on day two of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Autumn Meeting, which has brought together some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50

State Duma Chair and Head of the Russian Delegation to the OSCE PA Sergey Naryshkin (right) and Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the OSCE PA Oleg Zarubinskyi speak during the debate on Ukraine, 3 October. (photo courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 3 October 2014 – OSCE parliamentarians from three continents engaged in a wide-ranging and at times emotional debate on the continuing crisis in Ukraine during the opening day