The OSCE PA rapporteur for human rights and migration, the Serbian parliamentarian Gordana Comic expressed concern over the reduction of the OSCE offices in several countries.
Rapporteur Gordana Comic of Serbia expressed her concern for human dimension commitments in the OSCE, in particular the fight against terrorism and protection of human rights, including when dealing with migration issues. The Rapporteur expressed her disappointment on the apparent downward trend regarding OSCE field operations.
Comic said: "We have seen key missions like the OSCE Office in Minsk and the Mission to Georgia closed. And these missions were closed at key points in the human dimension mandate. We have seen the OSCE Office in Baku downgraded to a Project Co-ordinator, thereby reducing its political mandate to monitor and report on commitments in the human dimension." —1606D-
Politics
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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By the order of the head of state, Vusal Aslanov has been appointed Chairman of the Baku Metro CJSC.
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