The standing delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will take part in the OSCE PA Winter Meeting to be held in Vienna on 24 and 25 February 2011. The delegation will be headed by Suzana Grubjesic, Head of the standing delegation, and comprise deputies Gordana Comic, Meho Omerovic and Radojko Obradovic.

The agenda for the session contains two topics: Situation in the Arab World and Immigration, Integration and Multi-Ethnic Dialogue in the OSCE.

About 250 parliamentarians from 55 OSCE member states will take part in the Winter Meeting which shall comprise a plenary session and sessions of the three standing committees: on Political Affairs and Security, on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and the Environment, as well as on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues.

The parliamentarians shall be addressed by: OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Lithuanian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Audronius Azubalis, as well as OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut.

During the session, the members of the National Assembly delegation will have several bilateral meetings with other delegations, as well as the OSCE PA International Secretariat. The meetings are aimed at exchanging experiences and collecting information so as to ensure a successful organisation of the 20^th OSCE PA Annual Session in Belgrade, from 6 to 10 July 2011.

OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou shall be visiting Serbia on 9 and 10 March 2011 to sign the Agreement on the organisation of the 20^th OSCE PA Annual Session with RS National Assembly Speaker Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic.