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Efthymiou re-elected to second term as president of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
July 10, 2011 - 18:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President Petros Efthymiou of Greece today won a
second one-year term as president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
I am honoured and humbled that my colleagues from parliaments
throughout our region have re-elected me to lead this Assembly,
according to Mr. Efthymiou.
`I look forward to using this time to expand on the important work we
have started to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the OSCE
and strengthen dialogue with parliaments and other democratic
institutions in places where democracy is still a relatively new
experiment,' Mr. Efthymiou said
As president, Mr. Efthymiou has been a leading voice for dialogue with
the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation and strengthening the new
parliament in Kyrgyzstan. During his first term, he spoke on behalf of
the Parliamentary Assembly at the first OSCE summit in 11 years, and,
in another first, he traveled to top-tier universities in the United
States and United Kingdom to increase awareness about the world's
largest regional security organization.
A stalwart supporter of the OSCE field operations, which he has
labeled `the backbone' of the organization, Mr. Efthymiou often uses
his high level meetings to bring positive attention to OSCE missions
in various countries and express his support for re-opening recently
closed missions.
`In my second term this Assembly will continue its tradition of being
the source for new ideas and creative solutions for our organization
to tackle the economic, security and human rights challenges across
the OSCE region,' President Efthymiou said. `As the most transparent
institution in the OSCE family, I know in the year ahead we will
continue to lead by example,' according to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
official web site.
From: Baghdasarian
July 10, 2011 - 18:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President Petros Efthymiou of Greece today won a
second one-year term as president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
I am honoured and humbled that my colleagues from parliaments
throughout our region have re-elected me to lead this Assembly,
according to Mr. Efthymiou.
`I look forward to using this time to expand on the important work we
have started to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the OSCE
and strengthen dialogue with parliaments and other democratic
institutions in places where democracy is still a relatively new
experiment,' Mr. Efthymiou said
As president, Mr. Efthymiou has been a leading voice for dialogue with
the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation and strengthening the new
parliament in Kyrgyzstan. During his first term, he spoke on behalf of
the Parliamentary Assembly at the first OSCE summit in 11 years, and,
in another first, he traveled to top-tier universities in the United
States and United Kingdom to increase awareness about the world's
largest regional security organization.
A stalwart supporter of the OSCE field operations, which he has
labeled `the backbone' of the organization, Mr. Efthymiou often uses
his high level meetings to bring positive attention to OSCE missions
in various countries and express his support for re-opening recently
closed missions.
`In my second term this Assembly will continue its tradition of being
the source for new ideas and creative solutions for our organization
to tackle the economic, security and human rights challenges across
the OSCE region,' President Efthymiou said. `As the most transparent
institution in the OSCE family, I know in the year ahead we will
continue to lead by example,' according to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
official web site.
From: Baghdasarian