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Agreement on protocol to implement ODIHR recommendations reached in Albania

Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 5 April 2002- The Chairmen of the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party of Albania have reached agreement today on a protocol addressing some of the issues on which the two parties had some difficulties in reaching an understanding...

Kosovo's Municipal Election Commissions take on greater responsibilities

Publishing date: 4 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 4 April 2002- Municipal Election Commissions (MEC) in Kosovo will move a step further towards becoming permanent election management bodies in each of the province's 30 municipalities. Electoral Rule No. 2/2002, issued by...

New code of conduct on elections approved in Kosovo

Publishing date: 2 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 2 April 2002- The Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the ground rules that will govern the conduct and campaign activities of those contesting the second municipal elections in Kosovo later this year...

Ukrainian parliamentary elections mark progress but flaws persist

Publishing date: 1 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 1 April 2002- The parliamentary elections in Ukraine indicate progress towards international standards, but important flaws persist, the International Election Observation Mission said in a statement issued today...

Council of Europe and OSCE launch European Charter on Youth Participation

Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 28 March 2002- The Council of Europe office in Sarajevo and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina have launched today the BiH edition of the "European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Municipal and Regional Life"...

Statement by OSCE/ODIHR Director Gérard Stoudmann

Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 21 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, has made the following statement in order to correct misinterpretations of his remarks concerning...

OSCE's human rights representative calls for urgent amendment of election laws in Latvia

Publishing date: 20 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
RIGA, 20 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, called on the political parties in Latvia to bring the election legislation in line with international...