Wide-ranging recommendations in fields of security, human rights and more approved by wide margin OSCE parliamentarians vote on the Baku Declaration on the final day of the 23rd OSCE PA Annual Session. BAKU, 2 July 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has adopted the Baku Declaration, lending political support to wide-ranging policy recommendations for the OSCE and its 57 participating States in the fields of political affairs and security,

OSCE parliamentarians vote following a debate on Ukraine, 1 July. BAKU, 1 July 2014 – By a majority of three-to-one, OSCE parliamentarians approved a resolution that condemns Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine during a plenary meeting today at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Annual Session Baku. Parliamentarians voted by a margin of 92 in favor to 30 against with 27 abstentions on the item, which “condemns the clear, gross and

Members of the Ukrainian Delegation to the OSCE PA (left) and of the Russian Delegation to the OSCE PA (right) hold talks in Baku alongside PA leadership. BAKU, 30 June 2014 – Members of the Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly met today on the sidelines of the 23rd OSCE PA Annual Session in Baku. The Delegations welcomed the opportunity to continue their direct communication following their initial meeting in

OSCE PA Vice-President Emin Onen speaks alongside fellow parliamentarians during the debate on 29 June. BAKU, 29 June 2014 – The rising tide of extremism, radicalism and xenophobia and the challenge it presents to the OSCE area was the topic of a special debate today at the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku. Nearly 300 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States were present to engage in brainstorming and

Russian Duma Chair Sergey Naryshkin addresses the opening plenary of the 23rd OSCE PA Annual Session, 28 June. BAKU, 28 June 2014 – Russian State Duma Chair Sergey Naryshkin and Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chair Ruslan Koshulynskyi addressed the opening plenary of the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku today, offering contrasting views on the crisis in Ukraine but pledging support for a diplomatic resolution. Speaking

Left to right: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a view of the opening plenary, Swiss President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter. BAKU, 28 June 2014 – The 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session has begun in Baku, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Swiss President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter addressing nearly 300 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations. Their remarks set the stage for