Participants at Leinsweiler IV Seminar, 12 July 2018 BERLIN, 13 July 2018 – An OSCE Parliamentary Assembly seminar held this week in Berlin, Germany, focused on how to prevent ethnic conflicts through law and the exchange of best practice, notably through the protection of national minorities and accommodating ethnic diversity. The participants discussed in an informal setting the central role which parliamentarians could play in forming

OSCE parliamentarians voting in plenary session in Berlin, 10 July 2018 (Photo: DBT/photothek) BERLIN, 11 July 2018 – OSCE parliamentarians should spare no effort in conveying OSCE values to parliamentary colleagues and to enact legislation that promotes full implementation of international commitments, the Parliamentary Assembly stated in the Berlin Declaration adopted at the German Bundestag today. (Download the Declaration in English ,

Political and security committee rapporteur Kristian Vigenin, economic and environmental committee Rapporteur Sofio Katsarava and human rights committee Rapporteur Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni BERLIN, 10 July 2018 – The three general committees of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly – the political and security committee, the economic and environmental committee and the human rights and humanitarian affairs committee – have wrapped up their work

OSCE PA President Tsereteli opens the 27th Annual Session in Berlin, 8 July 2018. (Photo credit: DBT/photothek) BERLIN, 8 July 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2018 Annual Session opened today in Berlin with calls for greater political will to ensure the full implementation of international commitments found in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents. As elected representatives of the people, members of parliament have a key

George Tsereteli on a tour of the Reichstag, 6 July 2018 BERLIN, 6 July 2017 – Hundreds of parliamentarians from North America, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa are gathering in Berlin for the 27th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, taking place 7-11 July. Held under the theme “Implementing OSCE Commitments: The Role of Parliaments,” the Annual Session starts Saturday with a meeting of the heads of national

Participants at London seminar on the Western Balkans, 28 June 2018 LONDON, 28 June 2018 – To achieve their goals and objectives, the countries of South East Europe must focus on their common interests, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) said at a meeting of the European Leadership Network at the House of Lords in London today. The meeting was focused on the Western Balkans and featured the participation of a