Natalia Andreychik participated in the work of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly session

Mrs. Natalia Andreychik, Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Legislation and State Administration of the Council of the Republic was on the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Belarus that participated in the work of the 4^th winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly which was held in Vienna on February 24 — 25, 2005.

The session was convened within the framework of the Assembly’s three Committees and was dedicated to the preparation of the 14^th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to be held on 1—5 July, 2005 in Washington. While in plenary, the parliamentarians of the OSCE member-states were greeted by President of Austria Mr. Heinz Fischer, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Mr. Dimitry Rupel, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Mr. Alcee Hastings and President of the Austrian Parliament Mr. Andreas Khol. The speakers stressed the historic importance of the 30^th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the need for the OSCE to adapt to the new political situation. Parliamentary dimension of the OSCE as well as the Organization’s election monitoring activities were in the center of participants’ attention who also heard the report of the Bureau of the Assembly, its Treasurer, leaders of the ad-hoc working groups and committees as well as heads of election observation missions in a number of countries.