News and press releases

SOFIA, 8 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, has appointed four OSCE parliamentarians as special co-ordinators to lead observation missions for forthcoming elections in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and the United States...

KABUL, 7 September 2004- The OSCE signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Afghanistan on Tuesday concerning the Organization's support for the Afghan presidential election on 9 October. The Memorandum covers...

KYIV, 6 September 2004- Following an invitation from the Government of Ukraine, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the Presidential Election scheduled for 31 October...

COPENHAGEN, 6 September 2004- OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy has appointed OSCE PA Vice-President Ihor Ostash as his Special Co-ordinator to lead the Short-Term OSCE Observation Mission for Kazahkstan's parliamentary elections on 19 September...

KABUL, 6 September 2004- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis visited Afghanistan on 4 and 5 September for consultations with the Afghan authorities and international partners concerning OSCE support for the 9 October Presidential elections...

SARAJEVO, 2 September 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina to observe municipal elections scheduled for 2 October, the first polls fully funded...

WARSAW/MINSK, 2 September 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an Election Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Belarus on 17 October 2004. Headed by Ambassador Audrey Glover, the mission...