OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at the opening session of the OSCE PA's Autumn Meeting in Geneva, 3 October. (courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 3 October 2014 –The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting has opened in Geneva, with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter urging some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations to support the

COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 2014 Autumn Meeting, bringing together more than 450 participants from more than 50 countries, opens Friday, 3 October in Geneva, Switzerland. The Meeting – the final major gathering of the Assembly this year – will feature an opening-day parliamentary debate on the crisis in Ukraine and international efforts to de-escalate the situation. The debate will be held during Session One,

The OSCE PA’s first Helsinki +40 Project seminar featured remarks by (top left to right): Helsinki +40 Project Co-Chair Joao Soares; RIAC President Igor Ivanov; OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva; OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver. COPENHAGEN, 26 September 2014 – The first in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Helsinki +40 seminar series has concluded in Moscow, with participants assessing the present role of the OSCE, including how the

Kent Harstedt, Special Co-ordinator of the short-term OSCE observer mission for Ukraine's parliamentary elections (left), meets with Ruslan Nimchinskyi, Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires in Moscow, on 23 September. COPENHAGEN, 25 September 2014 – Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), the Special Co-ordinator of the short-term OSCE observer mission for Ukraine's parliamentary elections, has met with Ukraine's Charge d'Affaires in Moscow to discuss opportunities

Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu (MP, Turkey) is Vice-Chair of the OSCE PA's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2014 – As the international community supports a diplomatic solution in Ukraine, the humanitarian impact of the crisis must not be overlooked, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu told a gathering of international human rights experts in Warsaw. Kulkuloglu, a member of

COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2014 -- The first in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Helsinki +40 series of international seminars aimed at fomenting reform of the OSCE takes place this Thursday, 25 September, in Moscow. The event, hosted by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) , will bring together OSCE parliamentary leaders, top Russian lawmakers, OSCE experts and academicians to evaluate the Organization's past and chart lines of