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The Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSEE). Ms Irene Charalambidou, head of the Cypriot delegation to the Assembly, is leaving Washington DC, where she attended a World Bank conference, to travel to Vancouver to participate in the 30th Annual Session of the JPA. which will take place between 30 June and 4 July 2023. The OSCE CS Special Representative for Civil Society Participation, Mr. Kyriakos Hatzigiannis, and Mr. Christos Senekis, member of the delegation, will also travel to Vancouver to participate in the Annual Session.
The overall theme of the Annual Session is the role of the OSCE CS in strengthening regional security through the promotion of democratic and inclusive societies.
Cypriot parliamentarians will take part in joint and separate sessions of the three General Committees of the Assembly, namely the Committee on Political Affairs and Security, the Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment and the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, where resolutions of the Rapporteurs of the Committees and amendments tabled by the members of the OSCE CSO, including members of the Cypriot delegation, will be discussed.
Additional Resolutions will also be discussed and put forward for adoption, including a Resolution tabled by Ms Charalambidou on the adoption of a set of rules for the conduct of regular performance audits of the Assembly and an Additional Resolution by Mr Hatzigiannis on the role of national Parliaments in enhancing the participation of civil society in decision-making processes. The resolutions of the three Committees, as well as Additional Resolutions to be adopted by the Plenary, will constitute the Final Declaration of the Convention.
In addition, Ms Charalambidou and Mr Hatzigiannis will take part in a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Assembly, during which they will discuss issues related to the present Session, as well as to the future activities and functioning of the Assembly. In addition, Ms. Charalambidou will present to the Standing Committee of the Assembly amendments submitted to the Subcommittee on the Internal Rules of Procedure of the OSCE CS, which will be put to a vote.
Finally, Mr. Hatzigiannis will take part in a meeting of the Ad hoc Committee on Migration, of which he is Vice-Chairman.
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