George Tsereteli address to the OSCE Ministerial Council, Vienna, 7 December 2017 VIENNA, 7 December 2017 – Addressing foreign ministers at the OSCE’s 24th Ministerial Council in Vienna today, Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) noted the value and potential of the OSCE, stressing that governments should ensure that the organization is fully equipped to handle challenges facing the region. “In increasingly critical

Ana Birchall addresses counter-terrorism forum in Milan, 28 November 2017 MILAN, 28 November 2017 – Safeguarding human rights constitutes a key element in effectively addressing violent extremism, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism member Ana Birchall (MP, Romania) at an event in Milan today. Speaking at a panel on counter-terrorism and human rights at the Milan Forum for Parliamentary Action in Preventing

Azay Guliyev addresses ODIHR seminar in Vienna, 28 November 2017 VIENNA, 28 November 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Azay Guliyev (MP, Azerbaijan) today participated in a seminar focused on election observation and the role of technology. Vice-President Guliyev spoke in a session related to OSCE Commitments, International Obligations and Other Standards for Democratic Elections. Noting the excellent work conducted by the OSCE

George Tsereteli addresses the PACE Standing Committee in Copenhagen, 24 November 2017 COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2017 – In his first address as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, Georgian parliamentarian George Tsereteli spoke today at the Standing Committee meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Copenhagen. Noting the role that the OSCE and Council of Europe have historically played in the transformation of

Ignacio Sanchez Amor at the OSCE PA's recent Autumn Meeting in Andorra, 4 Oct. 2017 COPENHAGEN, 21 November 2017 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, expressed concern today over the case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey. Kiliç, accused of being a member of the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), is set to go to

Chair of the OSCE PA's economic and environmental committee Nilza Sena COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2017 – Welcoming the outcomes of the United Nations climate change conference (COP23), which wrapped up Saturday in Bonn, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee today called for a more robust commitment by all OSCE countries to make progress on addressing climate change. Chair Nilza Sena (Portugal) said