COPENHAGHEN, 23 July 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today sent letters of appointment naming the OSCE PA election observation leaders for upcoming missions to Belarus, Ukraine, and the United States. Speaking to the elected leadership of the Assembly earlier this month, Migliori stressed the importance of robust participation in these missions. Matteo Mecacci (Italy), chair of the Committee on Democracy, Human

COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2012 ( Русский ) – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly intends to send a full observation mission to the 23 September Belarus Parliamentary Elections. President Riccardo Migliori called the mission "a crucial moment of our activity" in announcing the Belarus election observation in his inaugural address in Monaco. He appointed Italian MP Matteo Mecacci, chair of the OSCE PA human rights committee, to lead the observation mission

ПА ОБСЕ планирует наблюдать за парламентскими выборами в Беларуси Копенгаген, 20 июля 2012 г. – Парламентская Ассамблея ОБСЕ планирует направить полноценную миссию по наблюдению за парламентскими выборами в Беларуси, которые состоятся 23 сентября. Председатель Рикардо Милиори назвал работу миссии «важнейшим моментом нашей деятельности» в ходе своего вступительного обращения в Монако, где он объявил о наблюдении за выборами в Беларуси. Он

COPENHAGEN, 19 July 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today released the following statement in the wake of a terrorist attack that killed seven people at the Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. ( in italiano qui sotto ) "The terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria hurts the dignity of mankind. No political reason can justify such savagery. "The OSCE PA expresses condolences to the families affected and to the

Televideo RAI 16 July 2012 La 21° sessione annuale dell'assemblea Parlamentare dell'Osce, l'organizzazione per la sicurezza e la cooperazione in Europa, ha eletto nuovo presidente l'on. Riccardo Migliori, già vice presidente e leader della delegazione italiana. E' questo un bel risultato per la diplomazia nazionale, che porta un suo rappresentante ai vertici di quella che viene considerata una piccola Onu. "Per l'Italia raggiungere il vertice

Grossruck speaks at Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna, 12 July 2012. VIENNA, 13 July 2012 – PA Vice President Wolfgang Grossruck (Austria) and the chairman of the PA's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Matteo Mecacci (Italy) participated in the OSCE's Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Elections and Election Observation that took place in Vienna on 12-13 July 2012. Grossruck, who led the