OSCE PA delegation meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Baku, 12 March 2018 BAKU, 12 March 2018 – Highlighting Azerbaijan’s potential as a bridge for dialogue and co-operation in the OSCE area, a high-level delegation led by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today discussed with Azerbaijani counterparts upcoming domestic elections, as well as democratic and economic reforms in the country. The

OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry COPENHAGEN, 8 March 2018 – Economic empowerment of women is a benefit to society as a whole and can be effectively pursued through prioritizing gender considerations in legislative and budgetary action, said the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (MP, Canada) today. Marking the celebration of International Women’s Day, she called for closing the

Marietta Tidei and Michael Georg Link COPENHAGEN, 7 March 2018 – A large team of parliamentarians from the OSCE will observe the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation. Michael Georg Link (MP, Germany) will serve as Special Co-ordinator, leading the short-term OSCE mission of some 420 international observers for the 18 March vote. Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy) will serve as Head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation,

Margareta Cederfelt speaks to a journalist in Rome, 4 March 2018 ROME, 5 March 2018 – The 4 March parliamentary elections in Italy were a vibrant display of competitive democracy in which voters could readily inform themselves about their political options and could freely cast their ballots, concluded international observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today following their first-ever election observation mission in the country. The

Leader of the OSCE PA election observers to Italy Margareta Cederfelt Versione Italiana in basso. COPENHAGEN, 2 March 2018 – The leader of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s election observers to the 4 March Italian parliamentary elections will be available on election day for a photo opportunity and media interviews, and will present the findings at the Foreign Press Association in Rome at 13:30 on Monday 5 March (Via dell’ Umiltà, 83/c, 00187

Ignacio Sanchez Amor chairs the OSCE PA's human rights committee, Vienna, 22 Feb. 2018. COPENHAGEN, 26 February 2017 – Following the recent reported death of Archil Tatunashvili in South Ossetia, Georgia, OSCE PA human rights chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor stressed the need for close cooperation and a transparent investigation into the events leading to the death. Sanchez Amor expressed his sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Tatunashvili.