COPENHAGEN, 16 November 2017 – On the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance and following a series of reported attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in recent months – by both state and private actors in several OSCE countries – the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) today called for urgent action to protect and promote LGBT rights. “Anti-gay

OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Chair Makis Voridis in a meeting with UNODC Director Yury Fedotov, Vienna, 14 Nov. 2017 VIENNA, 14 November 2017 – Developing effective co-operation to address the threat of terrorism has been the focus of a two-day visit to Vienna by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism. Committee members met with officials from the United Nations and the OSCE’s

George Tsereteli and Pia Kjaersgaard at the Danish Parliament, 10 Nov. 2017 COPENHAGEN, 10 November 2017 – In his first bilateral meeting as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) met today with Pia Kjaersgaard, Speaker of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), for talks that focused on challenges to the OSCE area and Denmark’s contributions to the PA. Tsereteli expressed gratitude to the Danish Parliament, which as

George Tsereteli and Roberto Montella, Copenhagen, 9 November 2017 COPENHAGEN, 9 November 2017 – Following last month’s legislative elections and the formation of a new Parliament in Vienna, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen stepped down today as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President. As the most senior Vice-President of the Assembly, Georgian parliamentarian George Tsereteli took over as President. “Christine Muttonen has served the

Roberto Battelli at the Rose-Roth Seminar in Ljubljana, 7 November 2017. (Photo: Roberta Calorio/NATO PA) LJUBLJANA, 7 November 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Slovenian parliamentarian Roberto Battelli, spoke today at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 96th Rose-Roth seminar on the Western Balkans in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Battelli described his latest visit to South East Europe as Special

Hedy Fry, Christine Muttonen and Christine Moore at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, 2 Nov. 2017. OTTAWA, 3 November 2017— OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (Austria) is in Ottawa where she met yesterday with OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada) for discussions on the promotion of women’s leadership in the OSCE, its Parliamentary Assembly and within national parliaments. President Muttonen