The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism held an online international parliamentary conference “Global Threats and Challenges in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic - Terrorism and Violent Extremism” on 15 April.

At the Opening Session, the OSCE PA was represented by Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Chair Reinhold Lopatka, who will deliver a short keynote address. Other CCT members and OSCE parliamentarians are also expected to actively participate, and at 13:00 (CET), the OSCE PA will hold a joint working session with PAM on “Assessing the Terrorist Threat and Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism,” which livestreamed here.