OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva addresses the Permanent Council, Vienna, 19 Nov. 2015. (courtesy of OSCE/Micky Kroll) COPENHAGEN, 19 November 2015 – Resolution of the conflict in and around Ukraine and what the OSCE can do to better mitigate the migrant crisis and counter terrorism were the topics in focus as OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) addressed the Organization’s Permanent Council in Vienna today. CLICK

Chairperson Isabel Santos (left) and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, Brussels, 16 November 2015 (photo courtesy of the European Commission) COPENHAGEN, 18 November 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today completed a visit to Brussels and Geneva for meetings with leading

COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris: “The attacks that struck Paris last night were not just vile and heinous. They were inhuman. Their epicenter was the French capital, but they were an assault on the entire civilized world and its values. I am sure that France’s partners within the OSCE and its

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (center right) speaks during his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Kyiv, 13 November 2015. KYIV, 13 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kyiv at the conclusion of his three-day visit to the country. The sides discussed a range of policy- and security-related issues, including the current

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (right) listens to an internally displaced person's story at a dormitory facility in Artemivsk, Ukraine, 12 November 2015. DONETSK OBLAST, 12 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today visited a range of sites in government-controlled Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, including near the line of contact with separatist-held areas, to survey the security situation and highlight

Chairman of Kazakhstan's Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver meeting in Astana on 10 November 2015. (Photo: Kazakh Parliament) COPENHAGEN, 12 November 2015 – OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver was a keynote speaker at the Astana Club’s inaugural meeting, held in the Kazakh capital from 9 to 11 November under the theme “The Geo-Economics of Eurasia.” Speaking on 9 November, Oliver addressed the OSCE’s