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ODIHR deploys election observation mission to Armenia

Publishing date: 10 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 10 January 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened an election observation mission today for the presidential election in Armenia on 19 February...

OSCE Chairman calls for continuation of Mission in Kosovo

Publishing date: 10 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 January 2007- The OSCE should remain active in Kosovo, the new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said Thursday while addressing the Organization's Permanent Council in Vienna...

OSCE can actively shape development of wider European security, says new Chairman

Publishing date: 10 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 10 January 2008- OSCE Chairman Ilkka Kanerva said today that conflict prevention and crisis management would form the core of his country's Chairmanship and that the Organization would work with political actors to meet challenges...

OSCE elections body opens observation mission to Serbia

Publishing date: 7 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/BELGRADE, 7 January 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened a limited election observation mission today for the presidential election in Serbia on 20 January...

Georgian election in essence consistent with most commitments but challenges must be addressed urgently

Publishing date: 6 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 6 January 2008- While the 5 January presidential election in Georgia was in essence consistent with most international standards for democratic elections, significant challenges were revealed which need to be addressed urgently...

International observers for Georgian presidential election to hold news conference in Tbilisi on Sunday

Publishing date: 4 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 4 January 2008- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 5 January presidential election in Georgia will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday...

OSCE welcomes pardoning of journalists in Azerbaijan but urges legal reform

Publishing date: 2 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 2 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's pardon of five imprisoned journalists...