Joao Soares speaking at the Assembly's plenary session on 10 July 2011. BELGRADE, 9 July 2011 – Joao Soares (MP, Portugal) today was named Special Representative on South Caucasus, including for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou announced the appointment today in the plenary of the 20th Annual Session after consulting with the delegations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. “Joao Soares has

Joao Soares speaking at the Assembly's plenary session on 10 July 2011. BELGRADE, 9 July 2011 – Joao Soares (MP, Portugal) today was named Special Representative on South Caucasus, including for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou announced the appointment today in the plenary of the 20th Annual Session after consulting with the delegations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. “Joao Soares has

Voting in the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. BELGRADE, 8 July 2011 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee today voted to call for a greater civil society role within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, often considered Europe’s top human rights watchdog. The resolution sponsored by Matteo Mecacci of Italy calls on the OSCE to suspend its consensus decision-making

Voting in the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. BELGRADE, 8 July 2011 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee today voted to call for a greater civil society role within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, often considered Europe’s top human rights watchdog. The resolution sponsored by Matteo Mecacci of Italy calls on the OSCE to suspend its consensus decision-making

Eric Smaling of the Netherlands greets Rapporteur Serhiy Shevchuk. BELGRADE, 8 July 2011 – Meeting for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today passed a resolution to increase nuclear energy safety and create a global disaster response system. With nuclear energy accounting for 35 per cent of Europe’s electricity, the

Eric Smaling of the Netherlands greets Rapporteur Serhiy Shevchuk. BELGRADE, 8 July 2011 – Meeting for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today passed a resolution to increase nuclear energy safety and create a global disaster response system. With nuclear energy accounting for 35 per cent of Europe’s electricity, the