More than 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 countries will debate arms control, prison reform, counter-terrorism and the global financial crisis. The OSCE PA Human Rights Committee will be discussing torture, prisons and justice, while the Economic Committee will be debating the global financial crisis. The members of the OSCE PA Committee on Political and Military Affairs will be discussing the fight against terrorism and crime followed by a special debate on arms control, expected to include participation from leading experts from the United States and the Russian Federation.

Also scheduled to address the participants of the winter meeting are OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, President of the Austrian Parliament Barbara Prammer, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton as Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier.

The Head of the National Assembly’s Standing Delegation Suzana Grubjesic will be leading the delegation comprising Gordana Comic, Meho Omerovic, Gordana Pop Lazic and Radojko Obradovic at the OSCE PA winter session.