RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING ENERGY SECURITY IN THE OSCE REGION 1. Reaffirming the relevance of the OSCE commitments related to energy issues in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the 2003 OSCE Strategy Document for the Economic and Environmental Dimension, and other relevant documents of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Ministerial Council, 2. Recalling the 2015 OSCE PA Helsinki Declaration and the 2016 OSCE PA Tbilisi Declaration which call on all participating States to redouble their efforts to identify and pursue comprehensive solutions to our common environmental and economic challenges, including, in particular, energy security, 3. Recognizing the link between energy security, stability and security within and between participating States, 4. Recognizing that the well-being of our people, economic development, and environmental sustainability depend on safe, secure, sustainable energy as one of the engines of economic growth and key to sustainable development, 5. Acknowledging that the renewable energy industry drives technological innovation and employment across the OSCE region, 6. Reaffirming its calls on parliamentarians of OSCE participating States to ensure robust regulation and oversight of the financial sector and to promote economic policies that invest, in particular, in renewable energy and energy-saving technologies, 7. Emphasizing the importance of adapting energy systems and protecting critical energy infrastructure while security challenges and threats grow, 8. Recognizing the high vulnerability of the critical energy infrastructure and ecosystems to the risks posed by conflict, 9. Emphasizing the need for strengthening energy security and mitigating the risks that may have severe and irreversible human, economic and ecological impact, The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: 10. Calls on participating States to firmly uphold international law and OSCE fundamental principles and commitments which constitute an essential basis for co-operation on energy-related issues; 11. Underlines that energy security remains a critical issue and plays an important role in economic development and environmental sustainability; 38