Ignacio Sanchez Amor at the OSCE PA's recent Autumn Meeting in Andorra, 4 Oct. 2017 COPENHAGEN, 21 November 2017 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, expressed concern today over the case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey. Kiliç, accused of being a member of the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), is set to go to

Chair of the OSCE PA's economic and environmental committee Nilza Sena COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2017 – Welcoming the outcomes of the United Nations climate change conference (COP23), which wrapped up Saturday in Bonn, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee today called for a more robust commitment by all OSCE countries to make progress on addressing climate change. Chair Nilza Sena (Portugal) said

L-R: OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Migration member Alf Dubs, PAM Secretary General Sergio Piazzi, PAM President Pedro Roque, OSCE PA Special Representative on Mediterranean Affairs Pascal Allizard, PAM Vice-President Lhou Lmarbouh, Valletta, 16 November 2017 VALLETTA, 16 November 2017 – Senior Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration are in Malta for a conference on promoting co-operation related to migration in

COPENHAGEN, 16 November 2017 – On the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance and following a series of reported attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in recent months – by both state and private actors in several OSCE countries – the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) today called for urgent action to protect and promote LGBT rights. “Anti-gay

OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Chair Makis Voridis in a meeting with UNODC Director Yury Fedotov, Vienna, 14 Nov. 2017 VIENNA, 14 November 2017 – Developing effective co-operation to address the threat of terrorism has been the focus of a two-day visit to Vienna by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism. Committee members met with officials from the United Nations and the OSCE’s

George Tsereteli and Pia Kjaersgaard at the Danish Parliament, 10 Nov. 2017 COPENHAGEN, 10 November 2017 – In his first bilateral meeting as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) met today with Pia Kjaersgaard, Speaker of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), for talks that focused on challenges to the OSCE area and Denmark’s contributions to the PA. Tsereteli expressed gratitude to the Danish Parliament, which as