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OSCE Chairman says Kosovo elections help promote democracy; key now to start work soon

Publishing date: 18 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 November 2007- The elections in Kosovo give its provisional self-government institutions legitimacy and will help promote democracy, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.

ODIHR unable to observe Russian Duma elections

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has informed the Russian authorities that the Office will be unable to act upon their invitation to observe the 2 December elections to the Russian State Duma...

OSCE Chairman takes note of ODIHR decision not to observe Russian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Elections
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he took note of the decision by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to tell...

OSCE envoy calls for lifting of state of emergency, and restoration of democratic conditions

Publishing date: 11 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
TBILISI, 11 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Special Envoy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, welcomed the Georgian President's proposal to hold an early presidential election and the resumption of dialogue...

OSCE Chairman sends special envoy to Georgia

Publishing date: 10 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
MADRID, 10 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, sent his Special Envoy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, to Georgia for talks with government and opposition leaders.

OSCE begins observation ahead of elections in Croatia

Publishing date: 31 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/ZAGREB, 31 October 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has deployed a Limited Election Observation Mission to Croatia to observe the parliamentary elections scheduled for 25 November 2007...

Polish elections demonstrate a democratic and pluralistic process, but challenges remain in oversight of the public media, OSCE finds

Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 22 October 2007- The Polish parliamentary elections of 21 October demonstrated a democratic and pluralistic electoral process, founded on a high level of public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the electoral administration...