Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)

Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., attended a Parliamentary Assembly’s Bureau meeting to discuss future business. Given the uncertainty surrounding the global pandemic of COVID-19, Bureau members concluded that the Annual Session planned in Vancouver in July 2020 would need to be cancelled. Dr. Fry reiterated Canada’s wish to host an upcoming Annual Session of the OSCE PA but could not commit at this point to a future date.

Canadian delegates travelled to the 2020 Winter Meeting in Vienna, Austria to participate in three General Committees, as well as discussions pertaining to the planning of the 29th Annual Session in Vancouver, British Columbia in July 2020.

Canadian delegates travelled to Marrakesh, Morocco in order to participate at the 18th Autumn Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly.

On the Invitation of the Ukrainian Parliament, Canadian delegates travelled Ukraine in order to participate on an Election Observation Mission for the 2019 Parliamentary Election.

Canadian delegates travelled to the City of Luxembourg in order to participate at the 28th Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly.

On the Invitation of the Ukrainian Parliament, Canadian delegates travelled Ukraine in order to participate on an Election Observation Mission for the Second Round of the 2019 Presidential Election.

On the Invitation of the Ukrainian Parliament, Canadian delegates travelled to Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv (Ukraine) in order to participate on an Election Observation Mission in the First Round of the 2019 Presidential Election.

Canadian delegates who travelled to the 2019 Winter Meeting in Vienna participated in the three General Committees: “Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions” , "Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment" and “Political Affairs and Security”, as well as contributed to discussions pertaining to the planning of the Annual Session in July 2019.

The 2018 Autumn Meeting included a Parliamentary Conference on “Promoting Security Dialogue in Central Asia and Beyond” and a Mediterranean Forum on “Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Mediterranean: Addressing Migration, Trade and Environmental Challenges.”