OSCE PA Special Representative Roberto Battelli (left) meets with Serbian Deputy Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Marinkovic in Belgrade, 1 June 2015. COPENHAGEN, 7 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President and Special Representative on South East Europe Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia) today welcomed important progress made over the summer months in the Balkans, while urging continued work on regional challenges. Battelli

COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 4 September gun attacks in and around Dushanbe, Tajikistan: "I condemn in the strongest terms the attacks in Tajikistan, which apparently targeted police and other personnel. Such senseless violence has no justification and no place in our world. The perpetrators must be held accountable for their crimes

Debates on regional security challenges, high-level Central Asia roundtable to feature COPENHAGEN, 4 September 2015 – Nearly 200 lawmakers from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States will gather in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 15-18 September for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2015 Autumn Meeting . The Meeting will focus on continuing and emerging security concerns for the OSCE area and the role of parliamentarians in fostering co-operation

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva addresses the IPU conference on 1 September 2015. © IPU, 2015 COPENHAGEN, 2 September 2015 – Better co-operation among parliaments and interparliamentary bodies is crucial to meeting sustainable development goals and managing crises, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said in an address at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 1 September. President Kanerva spoke before leaders

OSCE PA human rights Chairperson Isabel Santos COPENHAGEN, 1 September 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Chair, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today called for the immediate release of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who was sentenced earlier on 1 September to 7 ½ years in prison. “Ms. Ismayilova has earned several awards for her reporting. The reward she got today from her

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva COPENHAGEN, 31 August 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today condemned the violence that occurred during protests outside of Ukraine’s parliament earlier on 31 August, which resulted in the death of at least one member of the National Guard and scores injured. “There is no justification for the violence that occurred in Kyiv today. The last thing that Ukraine needs is more