Palasin juuri 4pvän matkalta Ukrainasta. Myöhemmin tarkemmin, mutta tärkein viesti heti: Ukrainan on voitettava. Tarvitaan 1. Lisää aseita 2. Taloudellista tukea 3. Lisää pakotteita (myös henkilö-) 4. Työtä Venäjän propagandaa vastaan 5. Valmistautumista jälleenrakennukseen. 🇺🇦

Here is the statement of four political Groups of the PACE about the events in Latvia

🇵🇱🤝🇱🇻Ahead of tomorrow’s vote in the Latvian Parliament on the Istanbul Convention, I’ve sent a letter to my Latvian colleagues expressing full support for Latvia to remain a party to the Convention. Violence against women is not ideology - it’s about human rights and dignity!

“A decision like this represents a serious setback for women’s rights and for efforts to combat violence.” — @SaaraSofia, 🇫🇮 @OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative on Gender, on Latvia’s plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. https://t.co/ElQkHHoA8m

🇫🇮🇨🇾O Προέδρος και Μέλη της Κοινοβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Εξωτερικών και Ευρωπαϊκών Υποθέσεων είχαν συνάντηση με αντιπροσωπία της Επιτροπής Ευρωπαϊκών Υποθέσεων του Κοινοβουλίου της Φινλανδίας https://t.co/j7IjBGvqRV @Georgiades_H @FinlandinCyprus @PaiviPeltokoski

Let us move from promise to practice achieving 50/50 @osce_odihr @Finland_OSCE @saarasofia @gavric_sasa @LaraScarpitta

Ahead of the visit by @SuomenEduskunta's Grand Committee to Cyprus on Monday, I had the honour to meet w/ Chairperson @SaaraSofia Sirén. 🇨🇾-🇫🇮 dialogue in view of upcoming #CY2026EU🇪🇺 is strong & positive with the Parliamentary track constituting an indispensable & important part

PACE monitors @CottierDamien and @saarasofia, ending a visit to Kyiv, see "remarkable progress" with reforms in #Ukraine, but say important challenges remain. Read their full statement: https://t.co/5GDDWEw7hB Ukraine is one of ten @CoE states under PACE's monitoring procedure.

Estonia 🇪🇪, together with 🇮🇸🇩🇰🇱🇹🇱🇻🇸🇪🇳🇴🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇱expressed firm support in @OSCE CiO to 🇫🇮 FM @elinavaltonen. We commend her engagement with Georgian🇬🇪 stakeholders and support for OSCE commitments incl. freedom of expression and assembly. We fully support her mandate across the

Ulkoministerimme @elinavaltonen Etyj:n puheenjohtajana osoittaa Georgiassa tukea demokratian ja vapauden peruspilareille: kansalaisyhteiskunnalle, kokoontumisvapaudelle, vapaalle medialle! Näin kuuluukin ja nämä ovat myös Etyj:n perusperiaatteita. Hienoa toimintaa ja täysi tuki.

Peaceful protestors have gathered in front of the Parliament Building in Tbilisi, Georgia, to voice their concern over the repressive direction of their country. They have every right to democracy, to freedom of expression and basic human rights. We are here to support them.

Grateful to Nicole Ameline 🇫🇷 & @Finland_OSCE Special Rep @saarasofia for helping us to spread the spark of the gender parity agenda to the @OSCE states. @osce_odihr is looking forward supporting individual states in developing national parity roadmaps ⤵️

Now, as the war in the Middle East comes to an end, it is important not to lose the momentum for advancing peace. The war in Europe can also be brought to an end, and for that, the leadership of both the United States and other partners is of utmost importance. Today, I spent

Kansanedustaja @saarasofia Sirén vieraili Kiovassa 8.–9.10. Matkan tarkoituksena oli kerätä tietoa Euroopan neuvoston parlamentaariselle yleiskokoukselle tehtävää Ukrainaa koskevaa monitorointiraporttia varten. https://t.co/XcnOyUKOfT

Great meeting with @saarasofia (Finland, EPP) and @CottierDamien (Switzerland, ALDE), the PACE co-rapporteurs on Ukraine. In detail we discussed a wide range of issues of common interest, which had accumulated over time. This is largely due to the long pause in the work of the

Гарна зустріч із @saarasofia (Фінляндія, ЄНП) та @CottierDamien (Швейцарія, АЛДЄ) — доповідачами ПАРЄ щодо України. Докладно обговорили чимало питань спільного інтересу, адже їх накопичилося багато. Причина цього — тривала пауза у роботі доповідачів, які здійснюють візит до

Coming to the #WarsawHDC? Join Nicole Ameline, former 🇫🇷minister & chair of the CEDAW committee, and me for the Women’s Power Breakfast. Topic: 🔹 ‘50/50 gender parity in politics – Why is it important and how to make it happen?’ Opening by @DirectorODIHR & @saarasofia ⬇️

3/3✅The visit of the Special Representative @saarasofia is a unique opportunity to acknowledge Moldova’s important steps in strengthening its legal framework to support gender equality and women’s empowerment, including in the security sector. #Peacebuilding #OSCEMissionMoldova

2/3 ✅The @OSCEMoldova plays a key role in maintaining dialogue between the Sides, including by promoting the Women, Peace and Security agenda through active engagement of women negotiators from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. #Moldova #WPS #GenderEquality

1/3📌We welcome the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender, @saarasofia on her first visit to Moldova 🇲🇩today. She also met with Mission staff and learned about the ways we work to settle the Transdniestrian conflict in all its aspects. #OSCECiO2025

I held a meeting in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a delegation of Chairs of the Committees on European Affairs of the national parliaments of EU member states. We focused on the most pressing issue — how to strengthen Ukraine’s military and political support, in particular