OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (seated left) and OSCE PA human rights Chairperson Isabel Santos (seated center) meet Syrian children at Harran refugee camp, 21 January. COPENHAGEN, 21 January 2015 – A senior delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly led by President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and human rights and humanitarian committee Chairperson Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) today visited a refugee camp in Harran, Turkey, near the

Top (left to right): OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver is greeted by Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili; Oliver following his meetings with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tamar Beruchashvili Bottom: Oliver meets with Georgian Parliament Chairperson David Usupashvili COPENHAGEN, 17 January 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Spencer Oliver met today with Georgian Prime

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) and Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic during their meeting in Helsinki, 9 October. COPENHAGEN, 15 January 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today welcomed the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE and pledged the Assembly's support for its focus on resolving the conflict in Ukraine and other goals. "On behalf of the OSCE's parliamentary branch, I welcome the Serbian

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva COPENHAGEN, 14 January 2015 – The attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week that followed the rampage at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo is a sign of the increasing virulence of anti-Semitism in Europe and points to the urgent need to combat this scourge, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today. "The blight of anti-Semitism has forever left its mark on Europe

COPENHAGEN, 7 January 2015 – In response to Wednesday's attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva issued the following statement: "On behalf of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I condemn the heinous attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, which has reportedly killed at least 12 people. My heart goes out to the victims, to their families and colleagues,