International election observers in Ukraine to hold press conference on Monday

KYIV, 24 October 2014 – The international observers monitoring the 26 October early parliamentary elections in Ukraine will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 27 October, in Kyiv.

The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament (EP) and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA).

The statement will be delivered by Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), OSCE Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission; followed by Christopher Chope, Head of the PACE Delegation; Doris Barnett (MP, Germany), Head of the OSCE PA Delegation; Andrei Plenkovic, Head of the EP Delegation; Rasa Jukneviciene, Head of the NATO PA Delegation; and Tana de Zulueta, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR long-term election observation mission.

The international election observation mission comprises some 950 observers from 43 countries, including some 750 long-term and short-term observers deployed by the OSCE/ODIHR, 91 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA, 41 from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), 26 from the European Parliament (EP) and 17 from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA).

Journalists are invited to attend the news conference on Monday, 27 October, at 14:30, at Teacher’s House, Volodymyrska Street 57, Kyiv.

LIVE STREAM of the press conference will be available at www.oscepa.org. 

For further information, please contact:
Richard Solash, OSCE PA, +380 50 307 7759 or +45 60 10 83 80, richard@oscepa.dk