At a glance
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili opens the Annual Session of the OSCE PA on 1 July 2016. (OSCE Parliamentary Assembly)
Documents:
- Charter of Paris for a New Europe (1990) (German)
- Final Resolution of the Madrid Conference Concerning the Establishment of the CSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1991)
- Rules of Procedure of the OSCE PA (english)
Objectives:
- to provide parliamentary oversight of the OSCE process
- to develop mechanisms for the prevention and resolution of conflicts
- to strengthen and consolidate democratic institutions in the OSCE participating States
Number of participating States:
57
Germany has been a member of the OSCE PA since:
1992
Germany’s contribution:
9.35% of the budget of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Total number of delegates:
323
German delegation:
Offices held by members of the German delegation:
Michael Link, Member of the Bundestag
Vice-President (since July 2022)
Dr. Daniela De Ridder, Member of the Bundestag
Special Representative for Eastern Europe (from December 2020 to September 2021, since July 2022)
Parliamentary structures:
- Committee on Political Affairs and Security
- Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment
- Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions
- Ad Hoc Committees
- Sub-Committee on Rules of Procedure and Working Practices
- Ad Hoc Committee on Migration
- Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism
- Working Groups
- Countering Terrorism
- Migration
- Rules of Procedure and Working Practices
- Special Representatives
- Anti-Semitism
- Arctic Issues
- Central Asia
- Civil Society Engagement
- Disinformation und Propaganda
- Eastern Europe
- Fighting Corruption
- Gender Issues
- Human Trafficking Issues
- Mediterranean Affaires
- South Caucasus
President:
International Secretariat:
Secretary General Roberto Montella
International Secretariat of the OSCE PA
Tordenskjoldsgade 1
1055 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Meeting venues:
The Annual Session and the Autumn Meeting rotate between the various OSCE participating States. The Winter Meeting always takes place in Vienna in February.