Dutch delegation with Walburga Habsburg Douglas in Bishkek, 12 Sept. 2011. (Photo by Arjen Westerhoff, Dutch Parliament) BISHKEK, 12 September 2011 – OSCE PA Vice-President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) and human rights committee rapporteur Coskun Coruz (The Netherlands) led discussions about election observation work Saturday during an OSCE-organized parliamentary forum on the role of parliaments in ensuring election transparency. The

COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2011 - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Walburga Habsburg Douglas of Sweden has been appointed to lead the short term OSCE observer mission to the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan 30 October. Lithuanian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Audronius Azubalis made the appointment on the recommendation of OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, who previously named Habsburg Douglas head of the OSCE PA

COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2011 - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Walburga Habsburg Douglas of Sweden has been appointed to lead the short term OSCE observer mission to the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan 30 October. Lithuanian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Audronius Azubalis made the appointment on the recommendation of OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, who previously named Habsburg Douglas head of the OSCE PA

COPENHAGEN, 31 August 2011 -- As relief groups pour aid into east Africa amid one of the worst droughts and famines in decades and parliaments throughout the world prepare for their fall sessions to address global economic challenges, a new video calls for legislative action to address rural jobs and food security issues. The video is the first collaborative effort of the Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly and the

COPENHAGEN, 31 August 2011 -- As relief groups pour aid into east Africa amid one of the worst droughts and famines in decades and parliaments throughout the world prepare for their fall sessions to address global economic challenges, a new video calls for legislative action to address rural jobs and food security issues. The video is the first collaborative effort of the Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly and the

COPENHAGEN, 1 September 2011 - Matteo Mecacci (Italy), chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately cease the harassment of human rights activists, including Ales Bialiatski. Bialiatski, president of the Human Rights Centre Viasna, an unregistered NGO working to promote human rights and democracy in Belarus, has been detained by the