A1plus.am 30 January 2013 Deputy Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Tina Schoen, arrived in Armenia on January 29 for a pre-election visit ahead of February's presidential election. Schoen and Operations Officer Iryna Sabashuk are holding meetings in Yerevan to gather information about the pre-election situation in the country and prepare logistical elements for the mission. "We will come back before the elections when we

COPENHAGHEN, 24 January 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Secretary General Tina Schoen will travel to Armenia 29-30 January for a pre-election visit ahead of February’s presidential election. Schoen and Operations Officer Iryna Sabashuk will hold meetings in Yerevan to gather information about the pre-election situation in the country and prepare logistical elements for the mission.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office Leonid Kozhara speaks with OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver, 17 January 2013. VIENNA, 17 January 2013 -- Representatives of the PA are participating this week in the opening of the Ukrainian Chairmanship in Vienna, including the opening address by the new Chairman-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara. The PA will also take part in the Annual Meeting of the Chairmanship and the

ROME, 11 January 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori met Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI at the Holy See. “Thanks to its tireless efforts the Holy See plays a major role within the OSCE,” Migliori said following the visit. “In particular, religious freedom is a litmus test to gauge respect of human rights by a given people, culture or nation. “Against this backdrop we set ourselves the goal of adopting all possible

OSCE family photo, 6 December 2012. Stresses changes in election observation, transparency, Mediterranean partnership DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today aimed to to revitalize the world's largest regional security organization, speaking to a gathering of foreign ministers and calling a 15-year election observation agreement no longer valid. The remarks came at the opening of the 19th OSCE

The Subcommittee on the Rules of Procedure meets on the margins of the Ministerial Council in Dublin, 5 December 2012. DUBLIN, 5 December – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has convened in Dublin for its annual consultation on the eve of the Ministerial Council. The December Bureau Meeting is the first formal gathering of the Assembly's leaders since they were elected at the Monaco Annual Session. Members will discuss recent