COPENHAGEN, 16 February 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its 16th Winter Meeting at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 23-24 February 2017. The opening session will feature speeches by President of the National Council of Austria Doris Bures, OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen (Austria), and OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada). In the closing joint session on the afternoon of 24 February,

Filippo Lombardi addressing the OSCE PA's Autumn Meeting in Skopje on 2 October 2016 COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2017 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, Swiss parliamentarian Filippo Lombardi, today called on the United Kingdom to stand by its commitments and continue to accept unaccompanied minors under the so-called ‘Dubs Amendment.’ Lombardi expressed dismay at the announcement Wednesday by the

OSCE PA Second Committee Chair Nilza Sena COPENHAGEN, 2 February 2017 – In response to an executive decree adopted late Tuesday night by the Romanian government that relaxes criminal punishments for charges of abuse of power and conflicts of interest, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee, Portuguese parliamentarian Nilza Sena, said today that Romania must not backslide in the fight against

COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights and humanitarian committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor today expressed concerns about United States President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt the entry of refugees and the citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries into the United States, noting that this represents a major step backward in the international community’s efforts to develop a cohesive

COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) today called on all sides to bring an immediate end to the increased hostilities in eastern Ukraine, especially in the Avdiika and Donetsk areas. “I deeply condemn and deplore the breaches of the ceasefire and the Minsk agreements, which have already now led to heavy losses of human lives, including civilians,” said the President. In recent

COPENHAGEN, 30 January 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) today issued a statement following the apparent terrorist attack on a mosque in Quebec, Canada: “I strongly condemn last night’s shooting at a mosque in the city of Quebec, and I offer my condolences to the families of the victims and our friends in Canada. This heinous attack painfully underlines that violent extremism knows no particular faith