MINSK, 26 September 2008 - The OSCE observers deployed to monitor the parliamentary elections in Belarus will present their findings and conclusions at a news conference on Monday, 29 September.

The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA). 

The OSCE has deployed some 450 international observers from 43 countries, including more than 320 short-term observers and 58 experts and long-term observers fielded by ODIHR, as well as 66 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA.

The speakers at the press conference are Anne-Marie Lizin, Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers, and Ambassador Geert Ahrens, head of the ODIHR election observation mission.

Journalists are invited to attend the news conference at 15:00 on Monday, 29 September 2008 at Hotel Belarus in Minsk.

For further information contact: Klas Bergman, OSCE PA, +375 44 770 35 28 or +45 60 10 83 80, klas@oscepa.dk, and Jens-Hagen Eschenbaecher, ODIHR, +375 44 770 35 08 or +48 603 683 122, jens.eschenbaecher@odihr.pl