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SUBJECT [Feb 19] OSCE PA’s 19th Winter Meeting to be held on February 20~21, 2020 in Vienna
DATE 2020-02-19
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Photo: twitter@oscepa. OSCE PA’s 19th Winter Meeting to be held on February 20~21, 2020 in Vienna

 

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its 19th Winter Meeting at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 20-21 February 2020. Nearly 300 parliamentarians are foreseen to attend, as well as high-level representatives of governments, international organizations and the OSCE.

 

The assembly will start with the Standing Committee Meeting, followed by the opening Joint Session of the General Committee, where remarks from the President of the Austrian National Council Wolfgang Sobotka, OSCE PA President George Tsereteli, OSCE Albanian Chairmanship Edi Rama, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger will address. Then, three General Committees will take place, each on General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions; Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment; and Political Affairs and Security.

 

This year’s meeting is to focus on anti-Semitism, protracted conflicts, climate change, and human rights. Experts, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Heads of OSCE Institutions, and government representatives of OSCE countries, are to join the general committees and discuss issues such as ways to resolve protracted conflicts within OSCE mechanisms; the security implications of climate change; and multilateral human rights co-operation.

 

The closing Joint Session of the three General Committees will pay special attention to combatting anti-Semitism, discrimination and intolerance in the OSCE region. The session will also discuss recent election observation missions to Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.

 

 

[Sources]

Ivanishcheva, A. (n.d.). MEDIA ADVISORY: Anti-Semitism, protracted conflicts, climate change and human rights in focus at upcoming Winter Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.oscepa.org/news-a-media/press-releases/2020/media-advisory-anti-semitism-protracted-conflicts-climate-change-and-human-rights-co-operation-in-focus-at-upcoming-parliamentary-winter-meeting

 

Simon. (n.d.). Winter Meeting, Vienna, 20-21 February 2020. Retrieved from https://www.oscepa.org/meetings/winter-meetings/upcoming-winter-meeting

 

 

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