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Goran Lennmarker elected President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 7 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BRUSSELS, 7 July 2006- At the close of its fifteenth Annual Session, held from 3 to 7 July 2006, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE elected Goran Lennmarker of Sweden as its new President, to serve a one-year term. Over 200 parliamentarians..

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President briefs participating States on Belarus election

Publishing date: 22 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 22 March 2006- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Alcee Hastings told the Organization's participating States that the Parliamentary Assembly was willing to "continue dialogue with the Belarusian parliament and other authorities in Belarus"...

OSCE clarifies news agency stories on visit to Guantanamo

Publishing date: 9 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 9 March 2006- An OSCE Spokesperson responded today to several misleading news agency stories about the visit of a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE to the detention centre at the US naval base of Guantanamo. The stories...

Elections in Azerbaijan did not meet international standards despite some improvements

Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 7 November 2005- The 6 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan did not meet a number of OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a preliminary...

OSCE Chairman sees merit in idea of building on OSCE election commitments

Publishing date: 24 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 24 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Thursday he was open to the idea of building on OSCE election commitments agreed in Copenhagen in 1990...

Second round of Ukrainian election failed to address election irregularities and lacked transparency

Publishing date: 22 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 22 November 2004- The second round of the presidential election in Ukraine on 21 November did not meet a considerable number of OSCE commitments, Council of Europe and other European standards for democratic elections. As in the first round...

OSCE observers view U.S. electoral reforms as work in progress

Publishing date: 4 November 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C., 4 November 2004- The 2 November elections in the U.S. were conducted in an environment that reflects a longstanding democratic tradition, including institutions governed by rule of law, free and professional media and an active civil...