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Regional engagement focus of League of Arab States and OSCE discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 17 October 2018 – Security threats, migration, conflict prevention and regional engagement were the focus of the League of Arab States- OSCE high-level workshop held today in Vienna...
Central Asia security, Mediterranean co-operation, migration, trade and environmental challenges in focus at Bishkek Autumn Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 5 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Migration
BISHKEK, 5 October 2018 – Enhancing security dialogue in Central Asia, countering new challenges and threats in border areas, promoting Mediterranean co-operation and strengthening citizens’ engagement in building secure societies have been among the topics of debate at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 17th Autumn Meeting in Bishkek this week...
High-level OSCE PA participation at Europe’s largest human rights conference
Publishing date: 21 September 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 21 September 2018 – Several leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have actively participated over the past two weeks in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, speaking at working sessions on democracy, fundamental freedoms, rights of migrants, human trafficking, and freedom of the media...
OSCE event in Turkmenistan discusses harnessing potential of labour migration for economic development of Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 August 2018
Representatives of government institutions and public organizations discussed topical issues of migration and the role of the OSCE in migration governance at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that took place in Ashgabat from 29 to 30 August 2018...
Greater political will is needed to ensure implementation of international commitments, participants say at opening of OSCE PA Annual Session in Berlin
Publishing date: 9 July 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BERLIN, 8 July 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2018 Annual Session opened today in Berlin with calls for greater political will to ensure the full implementation of international commitments found in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents. As elected representatives of the people, members of parliament have a key role to play in building support among decision-makers in governments for ensuring compliance with these commitments, speakers said at the Annual Session’s opening plenary session.
OSCE parliamentarians gather in Berlin to discuss implementation of international commitments
Publishing date: 6 July 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BERLIN, 6 July 2017 – Hundreds of parliamentarians from North America, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa are gathering in Berlin for the 27th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, taking place 7-11 July...
United States must end practice of separating children from parents, says OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights and humanitarian committee Chair
Publishing date: 19 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Migration
COPENHAGEN, 19 June 2018 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today criticized the U.S. government’s violation of human rights and humanitarian standards in its treatment of migrants – and especially migrant children – attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border...