Third Committee Rapporteur Gordana Comic (MP, Serbia) at this year's Bureau Meeting in Copenhagen, 11 April 2016 COPENHAGEN, 16 June 2016 – Stressing that a revitalization of the OSCE’s commitment to the human dimension of security is needed at a time when a “crisis of leadership and ideas” is coinciding with a humanitarian emergency related to Europe’s refugee and migrant crisis, a report and draft resolution authored by Serbian

Members of the Parliamentary Team on Moldova (l-r): Thierry Mariani, Arta Dade, Marietta Tidei, 14 June 2016 CHISINAU, 15 June 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Team on Moldova concluded today a three-day visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol, urging that legislative bodies on both sides give greater support to the Transdniestrian settlement process. The delegation was led by Arta Dade (MP, Albania) and included Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy) and

Nadiya Savchenko meets with Ilkka Kanerva in Kyiv, 14 June 2016 KYIV, 15 June 2016 – Yesterday in Kyiv Nadiya Savchenko, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, recipient of the country’s highest Hero of Ukraine order, and recently released from a Russian prison, paid a surprise visit to an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation under the leadership of President Ilkka Kanerva (MP Finland), who is in Kyiv for meetings with the Ukrainian President

Second Committee Rapporteur Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy) at this year's Winter Meeting in Vienna, 26 Feb. 2016 COPENHAGEN, 14 June 2016 – A report and draft resolution drawing connections between economic and environmental concerns with the broader security environment of the OSCE area will be taken up by members of parliament at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session , being held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 1 to 5 July. Authored by

First Committee Rapporteur Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden) at last year's Annual Session in Helsinki, 7 July 2015 COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2016 – Pointing to a loss of trust between OSCE countries in recent years, the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly’s political affairs and security committee, Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), has authored a report and draft resolution geared towards strengthening international dialogue and improving

COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2016 – In response to this weekend’s deadly shooting in Orlando, Florida, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement: “The horrific attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was a cowardly and heinous act which I condemn unequivocally. There is no place for such violence and the fact that it was carried out against an LGBT establishment makes it both an act of terrorism