The 33rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly took place from 4 to 8 July 2026 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, Netherlands. The theme of the Annual Session was “International Law and Shared Principles: Foundations for Security and Co-operation in the OSCE Area.”

Videos of the Annual Session are available on the OSCE PA’s YouTube and Facebook channels, and photos of the meeting can be found on Flickr. 

DECLARATION

The Hague Declaration addresses top security, economic, environmental, and human rights challenges facing the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions, reaffirming the foundational principles of the Helsinki Final Act and underscoring the OSCE’s role in promoting comprehensive, co-operative, equal, and indivisible security.

• THE HAGUE DECLARATION (ENG)
• THE HAGUE DECLARATION (FRE)
• THE HAGUE DECLARATION (RUS) - to come

VIDEO

33rd Annual Session, The Hague, Plenary Session, 09:00 – 12:00, 8 July 2026

33rd Annual Session, The Hague, Plenary Session, 15:00 – 18:00, 7 July 2026

All videos of the Session are available on our YouTube page.

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 4 July 2026

09:30 – 12:30 Standing Committee (Room Atlantic – Level -1)

12:30 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 18:00 Opening Plenary Session (King Willem Alexander Auditorium (Plenary Hall) – Ground Floor)

OPENING SESSION
- Ms. Mei Li Vos, President of the Dutch Senate
- Mr. Thom van Campen, President of the Dutch House of Representatives
- Mr. Rob Jetten, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (video address)
- Ms. Farah Karimi, Head of the OSCE PA's Dutch Delegation
- Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Foreign Minister of Switzerland
- Mr. Pere Joan Pons Sampietro, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

PLENARY SESSION 
- Question & Answer Session to the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE
- Address by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ms. Petra Bayr
- Consideration of Supplementary Items

Sunday, 5 July 2026

09:00 – 10:30 General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
09:00 – 10:30 General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Room Atlantic – Level -1)
11:00 – 12:30 General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
14:30 – 17:30 Thematic activities

Monday, 6 July 2026

09:00 – 10:30 General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
09:00 – 10:30 General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Room Atlantic – Level -1)
10:30 – 11:00 Meeting of the Bureau (Room Yangtze 1 – First floor)
11:00 – 12:30 General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)

Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Tom Berendsen

14:30 – 16:00 General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
14:30 – 16:00 General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Room Atlantic – Level -1)
16:30 – 18:00 General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

09:00 – 11:00 General Committee on Political Affairs and Security (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
09:00 – 11:00 General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment (Room Atlantic – Level -1)
11:30 – 13:30 General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)
15:00 – 18:00 Plenary Session (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)

Addresses by Presidents/Speakers of Parliaments

Consideration of Supplementary Items

General Debate on “International Law and Shared Principles: Foundations for Security and Co-operation in the OSCE Area” with keynote introductions by: 

- Ms. Tomoko Akane, President of the International Criminal Court 
- Mr. Boštjan Škrlec, Chair of the Board on Relations with Partners of Eurojust

 Wednesday, 8 July 2026

08:00 – 08:50 Time reserved for meetings of various groups
09:00 – 12:00 Plenary Session (Plenary Hall – Ground Floor)

Address by the Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu followed by Q&A Session 

Reports on OSCE PA Activities:

- Reports of Election Observation Missions
- Reports by Ad Hoc Committees

General Debate 

Adoption of The Hague Declaration

Report of the Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Mr. Roberto Montella

Election of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Officers

Closure of the 33rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

12:00 Adjournment of the 33rd Annual Session of the OSCE PA
Departure of participants

Reports of the Three General Committees

The reports of the three general committees are available below in English, French and Russian. Please note that the final, amended versions of the draft resolutions were included in The Hague Declaration. 

 

ANNUAL SESSION NEWSLETTER

• Day One
• Day Two
• Day Three
• Day Four
• Day Five

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REPORTS AND SPEECHES

• Report of OSCE PA President Pere Joan Pons - 4 July 2026
• Report of Secretary General Roberto Montella - 4 July 2026

Additional reports and speeches are available here.

For information on previous Annual Sessions, please click here.