Martti Ahtisaari speaks with Tonino Picula on the margins of the conference in Dublin. COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – In Dublin on 27 April, OSCE PA Vice-President Tonino Picula represented the Assembly at the OSCE Chairmanship's Conference "Shared Future: Building and Sustaining Peace," which focused on Northern Ireland as a case study of an effectively resolved protracted conflict. The conference was moderated by former President of Finland Martti

COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – The OSCE PA observation mission to Serbia this week will include more than 35 participants. The delegation to observe the country's 6 May parliamentary elections will be led by Matteo Mecacci (Italy). OSCE Chair-in-Office and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore appointed Mecacci Special Co-ordinator to head the short-term OSCE observer mission. Mecacci, a member of the Italian parliament and chair of the OSCE PA's

COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – The OSCE PA observation mission to Armenia this week will include more than 70 participants. The delegation to observe the country's 6 May parliamentary elections will be led by Francois-Xavier de Donnea (Belgium). OSCE Chair-in-Office and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore appointed Mr. de Donnea Special Co-ordinator to head the short-term OSCE observer mission, which is to include more than 200 observers. De

COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2012 – Citizens and leaders should denounce the rise in extremist political parties in the wake of recent physical attacks in Athens, leaders of the 56-country Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly said today. Meeting in Copenhagen, the members released the following statement after neo-Nazis attacked OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou Saturday while he was campaigning: "Physical attacks,

COPENHAGEN, 17 April 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou today welcomed the release of prominent opposition leader and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and his associate Dmitry Bondarenko. "We are pleased that Andrei Sannikov has been amnestied, which comes as a great relief to his family, friends and colleagues. However, we remain concerned that the trials and convictions against him and dozens of other

B92 12 April 2012 BELGRADE -- OSCE official Matteo Mecacci says the ongoing dialogue between the international community and Belgrade about the elections in Kosovo would yield an agreement. He added that the organization could assist Serbs in claiming their right to vote in the May 6 presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. "The OSCE is not going to address the issue of recognition or non-recognition of Kosovo. The role we can play