COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2011 – The Arab uprisings in North Africa – with more than a million refugees leaving their home countries – has created a migration challenge that requires greatly enhanced international co-ordination, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Migration Kathleen Ferrier (MP, Netherlands) said today. OSCE Partners for Co-operation Tunisia and Egypt have taken in almost one million people from Libya since

COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2011 – The Arab uprisings in North Africa – with more than a million refugees leaving their home countries – has created a migration challenge that requires greatly enhanced international co-ordination, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Migration Kathleen Ferrier (MP, Netherlands) said today. OSCE Partners for Co-operation Tunisia and Egypt have taken in almost one million people from Libya since

COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2011 – Meeting for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will consider a resolution to address nuclear energy safety and create a global system to co-ordinate disaster preparedness and response. With nuclear energy accounting for 35 per cent of Europe’s electricity, the resolution stresses the need to plan energy infrastructure mindful of “environmental threats and nuclear

COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2011 – Meeting for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will consider a resolution to address nuclear energy safety and create a global system to co-ordinate disaster preparedness and response. With nuclear energy accounting for 35 per cent of Europe’s electricity, the resolution stresses the need to plan energy infrastructure mindful of “environmental threats and nuclear

MOSCOW, 28 June 2011 – OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver met with Russian Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov 28 June in Moscow to discuss modalities for the observation of the Russian parliamentary elections to take place on 4 December. The OSCE PA has observed every Russian parliamentary election since 1993. In 2007, when OSCE/ODIHR chose not to observe due to numerical limitations placed on their proposed observation

MOSCOW, 28 June 2011 – OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver met with Russian Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov 28 June in Moscow to discuss modalities for the observation of the Russian parliamentary elections to take place on 4 December. The OSCE PA has observed every Russian parliamentary election since 1993. In 2007, when OSCE/ODIHR chose not to observe due to numerical limitations placed on their proposed observation