ROME, 11 January 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori met Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI at the Holy See. “Thanks to its tireless efforts the Holy See plays a major role within the OSCE,” Migliori said following the visit. “In particular, religious freedom is a litmus test to gauge respect of human rights by a given people, culture or nation. “Against this backdrop we set ourselves the goal of adopting all possible

OSCE family photo, 6 December 2012. Stresses changes in election observation, transparency, Mediterranean partnership DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today aimed to to revitalize the world's largest regional security organization, speaking to a gathering of foreign ministers and calling a 15-year election observation agreement no longer valid. The remarks came at the opening of the 19th OSCE

The Subcommittee on the Rules of Procedure meets on the margins of the Ministerial Council in Dublin, 5 December 2012. DUBLIN, 5 December – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has convened in Dublin for its annual consultation on the eve of the Ministerial Council. The December Bureau Meeting is the first formal gathering of the Assembly's leaders since they were elected at the Monaco Annual Session. Members will discuss recent

ROME, 29 November 2012 – Representatives of Moldova and Ukraine signed a treaty today in Rome on the sustainable management of the Dniestr/Nistru river basin. The agreement was facilitated by the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), a joint initiative of the OSCE, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme. The signing ceremony was held in the Italian Parliament on the margins of an UNECE

President Migliori with United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization Director-General José Graziano. ROME, 28 November, 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Riccardo Migliori met yesterday with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva at the headquarters of the United Nations agency specializing in achieving food security and food quality for all the world's populations by increasing

Riccardo Migliori and Emin Onen at a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border. COPENHAGEN, 23 November 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori and OSCE PA human rights committee chair Matteo Mecacci conducted a three-day visit to Turkey this week aimed at increasing the international response to the Syrian refugee crisis and other challenges Turkey has been facing. In a meeting Monday night with Foreign Minister Ahmet