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OSCE elections body deploys election observation mission to Belarus
Publishing date: 12 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 12 August 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election observation mission today for the 28 September parliamentary elections in Belarus...
Presidential election presents opportunity for Azerbaijan, OSCE Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BAKU, 30 July 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, today welcomed the Azerbaijani authorities' stated determination to create conditions for the upcoming presidential election...
OSCE Chairmanship holds seminar on elections
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 21 July 2008- Representatives of OSCE participating States gathered at a seminar in Vienna today to discuss the Organization's role in assisting the development of electoral processes, including through election observation...
OSCE Mission welcomes the establishment of new Serbian Government
Publishing date: 8 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BELGRADE, 8 July 2008- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Anthony Pahigian, welcomed today the formation of a new government in Serbia...
Joao Soares elected new President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
ASTANA, 3 July 2008- Joao Soares of Portugal was today elected new President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) at its Annual Session in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. He succeeds Goran Lennmarker of Sweden, who has served the maximum two years...
Janez Lenarcic takes up job as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 1 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 1 July 2008- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia today assumed his new function as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Re-runs held free of violence, but overall process falls short of some key commitments, say observers in Skopje
Publishing date: 16 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 16 June 2008- Yesterday's re-run elections gave voters in areas affected by serious irregularities on 1 June the opportunity to express their will in a secure and generally calmer environment, which represents considerable improvement...