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ODIHR Director's mandate extended

Publishing date: 28 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BRUSSELS, 28 February 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, the Belgian Foreign Minister, has welcomed the decision of the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

OSCE Office holds seminar on electoral systems and party financing in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 28 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 28 February 2006- Structural problems in the Azerbaijani electoral system and the financing of political parties were the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office in Baku which ended today. The event, entitled...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports further election legislation improvement

Publishing date: 16 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 16 February 2006- A report recommending improvements in election legislation compiled by the OSCE-supported NGO Coalition "All for Fair Trials" was presented recently to authorities in Skopje...

OSCE/ODIHR opens its election observation mission in Belarus

Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 10 February 2006- A full-scale election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has opened in Minsk, prior to the 19 March presidential election in Belarus. The mission was...

OSCE/ODIHR issues its final report on elections in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 2 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 2 February 2006- The OSCE's elections body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has issued its final report on the 6 November 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. The report contains...

ODIHR starts observation for Ukrainian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 25 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/KYIV, 25 January 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an election observation mission for the 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine. This follows an invitation from the Ukrainian authorities...

OSCE Presence and ODIHR welcome beginning of electoral reform in Albania

Publishing date: 20 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA/WARSAW, 20 January 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Organization's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the establishment of a new parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee to further electoral reform in Albania...