OSCE PA Treasurer Doris Barnett and President Ilkka Kanerva at the Leinsweiler seminar, 16 April 2016 LEINSWEILER, 17 April 2016 – Members of Parliament from 15 countries gathered in the French-German border region on 16 and 17 April to consider parliamentary contributions to OSCE efforts in addressing conflicts. Some 25 parliamentarians, including from several countries impacted by protracted conflicts, heard presentations from experts on

OSCE PA Special Representative on the South Caucasus Kristian Vigenin and President Ilkka Kanerva in Copenhagen, 11 April 2016 COPENHAGEN, 11 April 2016 – Following a meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Bureau in Copenhagen, Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and the OSCE PA Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), reiterated the Assembly’s hopes for a sustained ceasefire and

COPENHAGEN, 2 April 2016 - Following reports of increased fighting along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and the OSCE PA Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), today called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. They issued the following joint statement: "This fighting must stop. The Nagorno Karabakh conflict

COPENHAGEN, 1 April 2016 – On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) congratulated the thousands of parliamentarians involved in the OSCE PA for their immense contributions to the OSCE process and people since 1991. On 2 and 3 April 1991 leading parliamentarians from the then-CSCE met in Madrid on the initiative of the Spanish Parliament to establish a

COPENHAGEN, 29 March 2016 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), and the OSCE PA Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan to release on probation Intigam Aliyev, a prominent human rights lawyer. “Intigam Aliyev’s release is an important

COPENHAGEN, 22 March 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement on today's terrorist attacks in Brussels: "On behalf of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I condemn in the strongest terms today’s savage terrorist attacks at Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station near European Union institutions in Brussels, which claimed many lives and injured many others. These barbaric acts