OSCE PA Special Representative on Human Trafficking Chris Smith (United States) addresses meeting on combating human trafficking, Minsk, 6 July 2017. Photo: Belarus House of Representatives COPENHAGEN, 21 December 2017 – The OSCE concluded its annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of 57 OSCE participating States on 8 December by adopting a Ministerial Decision on combatting child trafficking – modeled on OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2017 – Today’s observation of International Migrants Day is an opportunity to build momentum towards adopting a strong global compact at the United Nations next year, said Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration Filippo Lombardi (MP, Switzerland). The negotiations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, as well as the Global Compact on Refugees, should take into

Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldayev meets President George Tsereteli, Vienna, 8 December 2017 COPENHAGEN, 12 December 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) welcomed Kyrgyzstan’s engagement with the OSCE PA in a meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister, Erlan Abdyldayev, on 8 December in Vienna. In discussions that focused primarily on last October’s presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, which was welcomed

Ignacio Sanchez Amor and Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni COPENHAGEN, 10 December 2017 – The most pressing human rights challenges facing the world could be alleviated by ensuring that international commitments are faithfully implemented, said the Chair and Rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today. Committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) said that to observe the

George Tsereteli with Sebastian Kurz and Thomas Greminger, Vienna, 7 Dec. 2017 VIENNA, 8 December 2017 – In a series of exchanges with foreign ministers, ambassadors, heads of OSCE institutions and other senior officials in Vienna this week, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) welcomed increased co-operation and dialogue on both the multilateral and bilateral levels. He noted the value of the OSCE and emphasized

George Tsereteli address to the OSCE Ministerial Council, Vienna, 7 December 2017 VIENNA, 7 December 2017 – Addressing foreign ministers at the OSCE’s 24th Ministerial Council in Vienna today, Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) noted the value and potential of the OSCE, stressing that governments should ensure that the organization is fully equipped to handle challenges facing the region. “In increasingly critical