KYIV, 19 January 2018 – Concluding a two-day visit to Kyiv today, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) reiterated the steadfast support of the Parliamentary Assembly for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, within its internationally-recognized borders, and renewed calls to reach a sustained ceasefire. Yesterday and today President Tsereteli held a range of high-level meetings including with the Chairman

COPENHAGEN, 16 January 2018 - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia), and OSCE PA Special Representative on South East Europe Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), upon hearing of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, released the following statement: "We are shocked to hear of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, and utterly condemn this brutal act. We take this opportunity to share our sincere condolences with Mr. Ivanovic's

George Tsereteli addresses GUAM Parliamentary Assembly session, Tbilisi, 18 December 2017 COPENHAGEN, 21 December 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) addressed the session of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi this week, highlighting activities and priorities of the OSCE PA, as well as areas of common interest between the two assemblies. GUAM, a regional format for co-operation between Georgia,

OSCE PA Special Representative on Human Trafficking Chris Smith (United States) addresses meeting on combating human trafficking, Minsk, 6 July 2017. Photo: Belarus House of Representatives COPENHAGEN, 21 December 2017 – The OSCE concluded its annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of 57 OSCE participating States on 8 December by adopting a Ministerial Decision on combatting child trafficking – modeled on OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2017 – Today’s observation of International Migrants Day is an opportunity to build momentum towards adopting a strong global compact at the United Nations next year, said Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration Filippo Lombardi (MP, Switzerland). The negotiations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, as well as the Global Compact on Refugees, should take into

Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldayev meets President George Tsereteli, Vienna, 8 December 2017 COPENHAGEN, 12 December 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) welcomed Kyrgyzstan’s engagement with the OSCE PA in a meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister, Erlan Abdyldayev, on 8 December in Vienna. In discussions that focused primarily on last October’s presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, which was welcomed