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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
is coming home these days.

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About 250 parliamentarians

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from 52 participating states
have gathered here today in The Hague.

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Different histories,

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different political traditions,

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different cultures
and different security perspectives.

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In this forum,
you provide those conditions.

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To use words instead of weapons.

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A bridge between the East and the West.

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Let us use these days
not only to debate,

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but also to listen.

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Support our efforts for
diplomacy so that this war

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ends through negotiations.

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In a world so unsettled,
with so much war and conflict,

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it is extremely important that countries
continue to talk to each other about

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how we can promote peace 
and security through diplomacy.

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Diplomacy is not just
a matter for governments,

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it is very much one
for parliaments too.

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It is paramount that we
simply keep talking.

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For only by talking
can you prevent conflicts.

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The declarations and
resolutions we adopt here,

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must shape legislation,

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strengthen democratic oversight

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and inform the policies
of our governments.

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Your leadership is 
more important than ever.

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Let history remember this Assembly as one
that chose to keep its promises.