NATO Parliamentary Assembly Press Releases - EIN Presswire

Published on October 3, 2024 - 11:41 GMT

DSCTC Visit to Norway and Sweden spotlights shifting security dynamics in the High North and Baltic Sea 

03 October 2024 The security dynamics along NATO’s northern flank are changing rapidly. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has ended all but the most essential political and military cooperation between Russia and the Alliance. At the same time, …

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Published on October 1, 2024 - 07:53 GMT

At Warsaw Rose-Roth seminar, NATO parliamentarians reaffirm commitment to Ukraine, strengthened Allied defence and democratic ...

01 October 2024 Russia and its war on Ukraine remain the top threat for the Polish government as well as NATO. How best to galvanise and sustain international support for Ukraine, strengthen NATO deterrence and defence, increase and sustain defence …

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Published on September 23, 2024 - 10:38 GMT

NATO Parliamentarians take stock of the Alliance’s technological advances in Belgium and the Netherlands

23 September 2024 NATO finds itself at a critical juncture. The Alliance celebrated its 75th anniversary and took important steps during a historic summit in Washington, D.C. in July. At the same time, the Alliance faces strategic competition, pervasive …

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Published on September 19, 2024 - 14:20 GMT

US Missile Defence Mission and Growing Arctic Capabilities in Focus during a Defence and Security Committee Visit to Alaska and ...

19 September 2024 The threat from advanced missile systems combined with increasingly capable drones is on display with unsettling frequency across a growing number of conflicts in the Alliance’s near neighbourhood. Ominously, growing military cooperation …

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Published on July 16, 2024 - 12:41 GMT

Allied Parliamentarians Meet in Lisbon to Review Challenges to the South and NATO’s Partnerships

15 July 2024 A week before NATO’s pivotal 75th anniversary summit in Washington D.C., Allied parliamentarians met in Lisbon to discuss the increasingly interconnected security threats and challenges along the eastern and southern flanks. The Kremlin’s …

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Published on July 10, 2024 - 23:56 GMT

At NATO Summit, NATO PA President Connolly stresses the need for NATO to address the existential threat of authoritarianism

10 July 2024 “Today, democracy faces an historic test. If you look back in the 1930s, we democracies failed every test. [...] The difference between the 1930s and now, however, is NATO. NATO is a line even Putin does not cross. Even in his sociopathic …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 22:16 GMT

Ahead of NATO Summit, Leaders of Allied Parliaments reaffirm ironclad commitment to NATO at Washington meeting

09 July 2024 Leaders from all 32 Allied parliaments and Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, including 23 Speakers of Parliament, gathered in the United States Congress earlier today to demonstrate lawmakers’ unity and resolve, at a time when NATO faces a new era of …

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Published on July 3, 2024 - 13:53 GMT

NATO PA President to address Allied leaders at Washington Summit

NATO PA Acting President1 Gerald E. Connolly (United States) will address NATO’s Heads of State and Government at their upcoming Summit meeting in Washington, D.C., on 9-11 July 2024. The Assembly’s President is traditionally invited to address NATO …

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Published on June 26, 2024 - 11:36 GMT

Statement by the UNIC Rapporteur Yehor CHERNIEV (Ukraine), Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA, and Audronius AZUBALIS ...

26 June 2024 Kyiv, June 2024 We met today in Kyiv to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between Allied and Ukrainian lawmakers in the face of the criminal and devastating war unleashed by the terrorist Russian regime. We stand together in support of a free, …

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Published on June 26, 2024 - 11:36 GMT

In Kyiv, Allied legislators call for sustained support for Ukraine until victory

26 June 2024 Encouraged by the renewed and ongoing military support from its partners, Ukraine is determined to turn the tide of the war and push back against Russia’s illegal and brutal aggression. Kyiv expects that the decisions from the upcoming NATO …

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Published on June 21, 2024 - 19:28 GMT

Michal Szczerba ends mandate as Assembly President, is succeeded by Gerald E. Connolly as Acting President

21 June 2024 In a letter addressed to members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, former President Michal Szczerba (Poland) informed his parliamentary colleagues that, following his election as a Member of the European Parliament, his mandate as NATO PA …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 10:31 GMT

The NATO PA mourns the loss of former Vice-President the Honourable Joseph A. Day

31 May 2024 Former NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) Vice-President the Honourable Joseph A. Day passed away on Monday 27 May 2024. The Assembly mourns his loss deeply. “It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Senator Joseph A. Day …

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Published on May 27, 2024 - 15:05 GMT

Leaders urged to shape NATO for the future, strengthen Allied deterrence and defence and further support Ukraine

27 May 2024 SOFIA – NATO leaders must reiterate their iron-clad commitment to the Alliance’s collective security guarantee at the Washington Summit in July and send a clear signal that Ukraine is on track for membership, parliamentarians from Allied and …

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Published on May 27, 2024 - 15:05 GMT

NATO PA urges Allies to step up military assistance to Ukraine, lift restrictions on weapons use

27 May 2024 SOFIA - NATO Allies must accelerate deliveries of the crucial weapons that Ukraine needs to defeat Russia’s war of aggression and should lift restrictions that prohibit their use against military targets inside Russia, the Alliance’s …

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Published on May 26, 2024 - 19:36 GMT

NATO urged to beef up ties with Global South, tackle conflict-related sexual violence

26 May 2024 NATO Allies must strive to deepen their relations with countries of the Global South to thwart growing Russian and Chinese influence and persuade them of the importance of helping Ukraine to prevail in the war, legislators from Allied nations …

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Published on May 26, 2024 - 19:36 GMT

NATO summit must step up support for Ukraine, bolster defence capabilities

26 May 2024 SOFIA – NATO must seize the opportunity of its 75th-anniversary summit to increase long-term support for Ukraine as well as bolstering the Alliance’s own capabilities to protect against threats from Russia and other global security challenges, …

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Published on May 26, 2024 - 09:57 GMT

Bureau statement on Georgia’s law on the transparency of foreign influence

26 May 2024 The NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s important partnership with our Associate Member Georgia turns 25 years in a few days. The importance of this relationship is exemplified through our dedicated Georgia-NATO Interparliamentary Council. The NATO …

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Published on May 25, 2024 - 19:31 GMT

From the Balkans to the Pacific, lawmakers urge NATO Allies to boost cooperation with democratic partners

25 May 2024 NATO Allies should step up cooperation with democratic partners from the Western Balkans to the Asia-Pacific to counter efforts by authoritarian powers to extend their global influence and challenge the rules-based international order, …

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Published on May 25, 2024 - 14:40 GMT

NATO urged to ‘act now’ on Ukraine military aid, toughen Russia sanctions

25 May 2024 SOFIA – NATO Allies must urgently ramp up military, financial and diplomatic support for Ukraine and inflict higher costs on Russia with tough sanctions if they hope to turn the tide in the war, parliamentarians from NATO nations and experts …

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Published on May 24, 2024 - 08:35 GMT

Allied unity, firmly rooted in democratic values, and unwavering support to Ukraine top NATO PA Spring Session in Sofia

23 May 2024 “75 years ago, Europe and North America decided to defend each other against aggression,” President Michal Szczerba (Poland) recalls in his welcome video to the 2024 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), which will kick …

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