15. Noting the indispensable and valuable role of women and youth in preventing,managing and resolving conflicts, as well as enhancing durable stability andsecurity across all OSCE participating States,

16. Emphasizingthat transparent and accountable arms control, disarmament andnon-proliferation, andcontrol of armed forces remain indispensable componentsof the common military and political stability within the OSCE area,

17. Recallingthe importance of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects ofSecurity adopted on 3 December 1994 as a key document for the democraticoversight of the security sector and for the application of the provisions ofinternational humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict, and reiterating theguiding norms and principles prompting armed forces to operate with full respectfor human rights and fundamental freedoms, including during armed conflicts,

18. Recognizing that the unprecedented security risks stemming from the RussianFederation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, heightened tensions, protractedconflicts, terrorism and violent extremism, the instrumentalization of migrants,use of destabilizing cyberwarfare, and unprecedented distrust and diminishingconfidence in multilateralism and co-operation in the OSCE region require allparticipating States to recommit to OSCE principles; namely, in the dimension ofpolitical affairs and security, in order to uphold the security architecture built onthe premises of the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of Paris in full conformitywith international law,

19. Reiterating the role of the OSCE as an effective all-inclusive platform where,through the facilitation of diplomatic efforts and co-operation, participating Statescan rebuild basic trust and confidence, de-escalate long-standing hostilities,enhance sustainable peace, comprehensive security and democracy, andrevitalize the shared values and principles of the OSCE region,

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

20. Condemns in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s ongoing war ofaggression against Ukraine, facilitated by Belarus as co-aggressor, the RussianFederation’s illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea and illegitimate“recognition” and occupation of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, calls upon theRussian Federation to establish an immediate ceasefire and withdraw Russiantroops from the whole of Ukraine, and urges all sides to engage in negotiationsaimed at peaceful resolution of the crisis, with full respect for Ukraine’ssovereignty and territorial integrity;

21. Reaffirmsthe Reagan–Gorbachev dictum that a nuclear war cannot be won andmust never be fought, and urges all nuclear-armed and allied States to implementthis through no-first-use declarations and agreements, and by further reducingthe role of nuclear weapons in security doctrines;

22. Expresses deep regret over the casualties in Ukraine, sympathy for all thoseaffected by the war, including displaced persons and refugees, and graveconcern over credible and mounting evidence of war crimes against civilians inUkraine, including murder, rape and forced deportation, and urges the OSCE

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