ULAN BATOR (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova — The joint statement obtained by Sputnik contains comprehensive recommendations on "a common mechanism for the resettlement, the establishment of the swift procedure for the declaration of refugee status and the obligations of the EU Agencies to the most affected Members States at hotspots, the setting up a list of safe countries of origin."
The proposal addresses the need to set up legal and safe travel corridors, humanitarian visas, settlement programs and safe return protocols.
The joint statement also supports the idea of creating an International Conference on the migrant crisis.
A migrant humanitarian crisis conference was proposed in the context of coordinated international efforts, which the OSCE contributing its long experience in crisis management.
"It could be under the umbrella of the United Nations or the European Union or the Council of Europe," Ignacio Sanchez Amor of Spain told Sputnik.
The European People’s Party group (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats drafted separate statements on Wednesday, but Amor said both European Parliament factions worked throughout the morning to issue a joint announcement.
OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, Bold Luvsanvandan, a member of the Mongolian Delegation to the OSCE PA, along with UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Beate Trankmann were among other keynote speakers on the development of human rights, freedom of media, religious tolerance and gender equality.
"In only 10 days, world leaders are scheduled to adopt a new development framework — the Sustainable Development Goals that provide a comprehensive blueprint for political, economic and social transformation of all countries — developed and developing alike — to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality, address climate change," Trankmann said addressing the OSCE PA.
Mongolia, the most recent country to become an OSCE participating State, was hosting an OSCE PA meeting for the first time.
Nearly 200 lawmakers from participating states met in Ulan Bator to focus on major continuing and emerging security concerns for the OSCE area such as a mass migration from the Middle East and North Africa into Europe, the threat of terrorism and the role of lawmakers in the process of fostering co-operation to address these challenges.