The Secretary General
To:
Members of the OSCE PA Standing Committee
Members of the OSCE PA Bureau
Copenhagen, 14 December 2020
Dear Members of the Bureau,
Dear Members of the Standing Committee,
Dear Friends,
As you may know, President George Tsereteli was not re-elected to the Georgian Parliament
during the 31 October elections, and, following
last Friday’s
first convocation of the new
Parliament, also his mandate as OSCE PA President has come to an end.
According to Rule 5-8
of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Rules of Procedure: “The
Vice-
President who has obtained the highest number of votes among the Vice Presidents with
greatest length of service, and, at a parity of votes, the eldest of them, may act as President
when the latter is unable to exercise his or her functions, until the Assembly elects a successor.”
Based on records maintained by the International Secretariat, Peter Lord Bowness is currently
the Vice-President with the greatest length of service. I have therefore written to Vice-President
Lord Bowness, asking that he assumes the office and acts as President until the next OSCE PA
Annual Session in July 2021.
I wish to thank George Tsereteli for his tireless work and leadership throughout the last years
–
the longest serving leader in the history of the OSCE PA, including as President, and express
him my deepest gratitude for the unmatchable efforts he has made for our Assembly. Together
with all my colleagues at the International Secretariat, I now look forward to serving under the
new leadership of Lord Bowness and will continue to work tirelessly on behalf of all OSCE
parliamentarians.
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Montella
Secretary General
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