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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 trains 90 Russian election observers

Publishing date: 26 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 October 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will today train around 90 Russian officials for participation in future election observation missions. The course will take place at the Diplomatic Academy...

OSCE/ODIHR to observe Kazakh presidential election

Publishing date: 18 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ALMATY/WARSAW, 18 October 2005- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 4 December presidential election in the Republic of Kazakhstan...

OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reforms during visit to Skopje

Publishing date: 5 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 5 October 2005- During a day-long visit to Skopje, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel discussed the progress of democratic reforms in key areas relating to the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, which ended...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine co-sponsors media forum

Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 4 October 2005-- The relationship between media, elections and Ukraine's recently-passed election law is the focus of a three-day forum which opened today in Kyiv.

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine provides Central Election Commission with computers to improve voter lists

Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 4 October 2005- With parliamentary elections due in March 2006, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday began distributing computer equipment and software to local working groups dealing with voter registration throughout...

OSCE Mission helps test impartiality of election administration in Georgia

Publishing date: 22 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 23 September 2005- The Mission to Georgia is helping the Central Election Commission (CEC) to test the skills and knowledge of local election officials by financing a new testing system.