OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OPENS 18TH SESSION IN VILNIUS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 19:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The agenda of PACE Parliamentary Assembly’s 18th
session comprises issues on organization strengthening, reforms and
encouragement of human rights and freedoms, energy and security of
food products, problems caused by climate changes, freedom of speech
and arms control.

During PACE PA session participants will hear speeches by Lithuanian
President Valdas Adamkus, Seim Speaker Aurunas Velinskas,
OSCE PA Speaker Joao Soares, Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office Dora Bakoyannis and PACE Chairman Louis Maria
de Pouch. Session will be followed by the adoption Vilnius Declaration
containing recommendations on all issues considered.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will also elect a new president. Acting
President Jose Soaresh hopes for being re-elected for a second
term. The next session is due in 2010 in Norway, OSCE’s International
Secretariat reports.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was founded in 1990, during the
organization’s summit in Paris. Its objectives include conflict
prevention and post-conflict settlement. The organization unites 56
countries of Europe, North America and Asia.