Amb. Sergey Kapinos meets with Special Rep. for Central Asia Thierry Mariani and Special Rep. for Afghanistan Michel Voisin. ISTANBUL, 30 June 2013 - OSCE PA Special Representative for Central Asia Thierry Mariani (France) met today with the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek Ambassador Sergey Kapinos on the margins of the PA's Annual Session. Amb. Kapinos briefed Mariani on the current situation in Kyrgyzstan and on the latest OSCE initiatives

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu addresses Istanbul Annual Session. ISTANBUL, 29 June 2013 – OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck opened the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE PA in Istanbul Saturday with a call for a stronger parliamentary commitment to the OSCE. "As members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, we must commit ourselves to greater involvement in the activities of the OSCE throughout the year," he said. "The OSCE Parliamentary

ISTANBUL, 29 June 2013 – The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly has approved 24 items for debate during the Annual Session ranging from the humanitarian crisis in Syria to freedom of religion in the OSCE region to climate change to intercountry adoption. In this morning's debate four items were rejected after the committee's consideration. The agenda for the session is now set as follows: Plenary: five supplementary items

OSCE PA Communications Director Neil Simon greets Montenegrin Head of Delegation Ranko Krivokapic as he arrives at the conference center. ISTANBUL, 28 June 2013 – The stage is set at Istanbul's Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center and parliamentarians and staff are starting to arrive for the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. More than 260 parliamentarians from across the OSCE's 57 countries are

KOPENHAG, 27 Haziran 2013 ( ENG | FRE | RUS )- Rusya'nın dışardan finanse edilmiş sivil toplum örgütlerinin yabancı kurum olarak kayıt altına alınacağına ilişkin yasasından hemen sonra ilk oylama oturumunda AGIT Parlamenter Asamblesi bu yasanın değişimini amaçlayan bir karar tasarısını önüne koyacak. Ingrid de Caluwé'in (Hollanda) sunduğu ve Rus otoritelerini sivil toplum örgütleri (STK) ile yapıcı bir dialoğa girmeye ve geçtiğimiz Kasım ayında

КОПЕНГАГЕН, 27 июня 2013 ( ENG | FRE | TR ) – В ходе первого голосования с момента принятия в России закона, обязывающего общественные организации, которые получают иностранное финансирование, зарегистрироваться в качестве иностранных агентов, ПА ОБСЕ рассмотрит в этом месяце резолюцию, направленную на изменение российского закона. Ингрид де Калюве (Нидерланды) представила резолюцию, соавторами которой стали 25 парламентариев из 13 стран, в