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ODIHR Director's mandate extended
Publishing date: 28 February 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BRUSSELS, 28 February 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, the Belgian Foreign Minister, has welcomed the decision of the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE/ODIHR opens its election observation mission in Belarus
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 10 February 2006- A full-scale election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has opened in Minsk, prior to the 19 March presidential election in Belarus. The mission was...
OSCE/ODIHR issues its final report on elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 2 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 2 February 2006- The OSCE's elections body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has issued its final report on the 6 November 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. The report contains...
ODIHR starts observation for Ukrainian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 25 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/KYIV, 25 January 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an election observation mission for the 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine. This follows an invitation from the Ukrainian authorities...
OSCE Presence and ODIHR welcome beginning of electoral reform in Albania
Publishing date: 20 January 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA/WARSAW, 20 January 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Organization's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the establishment of a new parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee to further electoral reform in Albania...
OSCE Chairman welcomes invitation to observe Belarus presidential election
Publishing date: 19 January 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BRUSSELS, 19 January 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has welcomed the letter observation mission for the presidential election on 19 March...
ODIHR sends assessment team for Canadian elections
Publishing date: 16 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 16 January 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed a team of experts to assess the 23 January general elections in Canada, at the invitation of the Canadian Foreign Ministry...