MPs Mrs Irene Charalambidou, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE CSCE) and head of the Cypriot delegation to the Assembly, as well as Mr. Kyriakos Hatzigiannis and Mr. Christos Senekis, members of the Cypriot delegation, will travel to Warsaw to participate in the 20th Autumn Meeting of the Assembly, which will be hosted by the Polish Parliament between 24 and 25 November 2022.
The general theme of the Autumn Meeting is the role of the OSCE and national parliaments in relation to the war in Ukraine and the future reconstruction of the country. Specific topics of discussion include the impact of the war on the OSCE, the economic and environmental consequences of the war and the need to protect fundamental rights and freedoms in situations of armed conflict and humanitarian crises.
On 24 November, Mr. Hatzigiannis, Vice-Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration of the OSCE CSC, will also participate in a session of the Committee on the refugee situation in the participating States as a result of the war.
In addition, Ms. Charalambidou, as Head of the Cypriot delegation, and Mr. Hatzigiannis, as Special Representative of the OSCE CSO for Civil Society Participation, will participate in a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Assembly on 25 November 2022.
The following day, 26 November 2022, Ms. Charalambidou will participate as Vice-Chair of the Assembly in a meeting of the Bureau of the CSO.
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