Winter Meeting, Vienna, February 2024

2024 WM web graphicThe 23rd Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly took place 22-23 February 2024 in the Congress Center Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.

One of three statutory meetings that the OSCE PA holds every year, the Winter Meeting serves as an opportunity for parliamentarians to engage with the OSCE’s executive structures, meet with representatives of OSCE participating States, and debate issues related to OSCE principles and values. 

For the 23rd Winter Meeting's final report in PDF format, please click here.

Photos of the meeting are available here. Video of the meeting is avaliable here.

  

Winter Meeting 2024 brochure

23rd WM brochure 2024

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 22 February

09:00 – 10:15

  • Joint Session of the General Committees (Neuer Saal, 2nd floor)
    • Welcome and Opening Remarks by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Ms. Pia Kauma
    • Address by the President of the Austrian National Council, Mr. Wolfgang Sobotka
    • Address by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Malta, Mr. Ian Borg
    • Address by the Secretary General of the OSCE, Ms. Helga Maria Schmid
    • Question & Answer Session

10.30 – 13.15

  • General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Neuer Saal, 2nd floor)
    • Opening remarks by Chairperson of the Committee
    • Presentation by Mr. Laurynas Kasciunas (Lithuania), Rapporteur of the Committee, on his ideas and intentions regarding his report for the 31st Annual Session in Bucharest (29 June – 3 July 2024)
    • Presentation by Ambassador Peter Burian, Chairperson of the Security Committee of the OSCE Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Slovak Republic to the OSCE
    • Presentation by Ambassador Andreas Ignatiou, Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE
    • Presentation by Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities 
    • Presentation by Ms. Catherine Fearon, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre
    • Special Debate: “OSCE work in Ukraine during Russia’s War of Aggression”
      • Introduction by Ambassador Marcel Peško, Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office – Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
      • Debate

15.15 – 18.00

  • General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Neuer Saal, 2nd floor)
    • Opening remarks by Ms. Lucie Potůčková (Czech Republic), Chairperson of the Committee
    • Presentation by Mr. Malik Ben Achour (Belgium), Rapporteur of the Committee, on his ideas and intentions regarding his report for the 31st Annual Session in Bucharest (29 June – 3 July 2024)
    • Presentation by Mr. Matteo Mecacci, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
    • Presentation by Ms. Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
    • Presentation by Ambassador Anne-Marie Callan, Chairperson of the Human Dimension Committee of the OSCE Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the OSCE
    • Special Debate: Political Dissidents and Political Prisoners
      • Remarks by Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
      • Debate

15.15 – 18.00

  • General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Ratsaal, 5th floor)

    • Opening Mr. Azay Guliyev, Chairperson of the General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment
    • Advancing a common OSCE approach in promoting economic and environmental security
      • Ms. Gudrun Kugler, Rapporteur of the General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment
      • Amb. Florian Raunig, Chairperson of the Economic and Environmental Committee
      • Amb. Bakyt Dzhusupov, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
    • Special Debate - Artificial Intelligence: A Technological Breakthrough with Security Implications
      • Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global and Emerging Risks, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
      • Mr. Nikolas Ott, Senior Manager of Government Affairs, European Government Affairs Unit, Microsoft
      • Dr. Isabell Claus, Co-founder and Managing Director of Thinkers.ai
      • Debate 

Friday, 23 February

09.00 – 12.00

  • Joint Session of the three General Committees (Neuer Saal, 2nd floor)
    • Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Ms. Pia Kauma
    • Reports on OSCE PA Activities
      • Ad Hoc Committees
      • Election Observation Missions
    • General Debate: “European Security Today and Tomorrow: Parliamentary Perspectives on the Future of the OSCE”
    • Open Debate

14.00 – 17.00

  • Standing Committee Meeting (Neuer Saal, 2nd floor)

 

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