COPENHAGEN, 12 February 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) has appointed Bulgarian parliamentarian Kristian Vigenin to serve as the Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus. The position will focus the Assembly’s efforts to promote reconciliation and the implementation of OSCE commitments in the region, support confidence-building measures, and create a focal point for contact between the PA

Committee Chair Isabel Santos, Vice-Chair Ivana Dobesova and Special Representative Ignacio Sanchez Amor speak with a Syrian refugee, Presevo, 4 February 2016. BELGRADE, 5 February 2016 – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions traveled to southern Serbia on 4 February, meeting with refugees, aid workers and officials at reception facilities near the border with the

Committee Chairperson Isabel Santos (right) and Vice-Chairperson Ivana Dobesova speak outside of the residential center for asylum-seekers in Kostelec nad Orlici, Czech Republic, 2 February 2016. PRAGUE, 3 February 2016 – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions visited the Czech Republic on 1 and 2 February to consider the country’s role in responding to the crisis of

Michel Voisin COPENHAGEN, 29 January 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) has appointed French parliamentarian Michel Voisin to serve as the Assembly’s Special Representative for Mediterranean Affairs. The position will strengthen the Mediterranean dimension of the Assembly’s work, including through closer contacts with the OSCE’s six Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,

OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella (right) and Georgian Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili, Tbilisi, 27 January 2016. (courtesy photo) TBILISI, 27 January 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Roberto Montella and Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili today signed an official agreement on Georgia’s hosting of the Assembly’s 2016 Annual Session, to be held in Tbilisi this summer. Click here for photos.

The OSCE PA delegation (left) meets with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and other officials, Tbilisi, 26 January 2016. TBILISI, 26 January 2016 – A senior delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly met in Tbilisi today with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze and parliamentary leaders for discussions on political developments in the country and the