COPENHAGEN, 20 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic (Montenegro) today urged calm and voiced his support for dialogue in Ukraine after violent clashes in Kyiv on 19 January. "I was saddened to learn of the violence in Ukraine. My thoughts go out to the protesters and police who were injured and their families. My fellow Parliamentarians and I have feared that continued pressure on the civil liberties of

VIENNA, 17 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) expressed concern today over the adoption of legislation by the Parliament of Ukraine on 16 January that imposes new restrictions on street protests and recriminalizes defamation. "I am concerned that the legislation adopted by Ukraine's parliament threatens the civil liberties of the Ukrainian people. In this sensitive time for the country, its

COPENHAGEN, 10 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Spencer Oliver met his counterparts from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Brussels on 9-10 January for discussions that focused on enhancing co-operation in the field of election observation. "Our parliamentarians are determined to build upon the track record we've established of solid co-operation on

President urges restraint and respect for freedom of assembly, expresses "deep concern" over violence and attacks against journalists COPENHAGEN, 3 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today issued the following statement regarding the situation in Ukraine, which is scheduled to host a meeting of the Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 4-6 December in Kyiv:

RFE/RL 3 July 2013 Officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly have approved a resolution aimed at protecting children and families from legal changes during the process of intercountry adoption. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Republican-Mississippi) introduced the nonbinding resolution at the assembly's annual session in Istanbul. It calls on the OSCE's 57 members to resolve differences

Civil.ge 3 July 2013 The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE held in Istanbul adopted on July 3 a final declaration, containing over two dozen of non-binding resolutions on broad range of issues with Georgia raised in two resolutions one on security and another one on democracy and human rights. In the resolution on democracy and human rights, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly welcomes ongoing judicial reform in Georgia, but also expresses