OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (photo courtesy of OSCE/Micky Kroll) COPENHAGEN, 8 April 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today called for an immediate end to the intimidation of OSCE monitors in Ukraine and reiterated the need for the monitors to have unfettered access throughout the country. "The illegal separatists have threatened OSCE staff on the ground in Ukraine and I especially deplore yesterday's
29 March 2015
Left to right: Nikolay Kovalev (MP, Russia); Serhiy Vysotskyi (MP, Ukraine); OSCE PA President Emeritus Ranko Krivokapic (MP, Montenegro); OSCE PA Vice-President Doris Barnett (MP, Germany); OSCE President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland); Olha Belkova (MP, Ukraine); Nataliia Ahafonova (MP, Ukraine), 29 March 2015 LEINSWEILER, Germany, 29 March 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the German Bundestag hosted a retreat and seminar in
Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today criticized the continued official targeting of civil society organizations in Russia, exemplified by the fine levied against the Sakharov Center this week. "The Sakharov Center plays a crucial role in commemorating and educating about
OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva at the Assembly's Winter Meeting, 19 February 2015 COPENHAGEN, 18 March 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Ukraine by the Russian Federation: "Last March, Russia attempted to legitimize its occupation of Crimea and the fabricated 'referendum' that followed by supposedly
13 March 2015
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Political Affairs and Security, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, today expressed concern regarding the Russian Federation's complete suspension of work under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). "I am deeply disappointed in Russia's decision to turn its back on its international obligations under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
13 March 2015
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on South East Europe, Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), today expressed concern about increasingly turbulent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He noted that the ongoing developments in Skopje are, above all, the latest manifestation of a protracted absence of constructive dialogue across the political spectrum. The Special
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