News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Georgia
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
TBILISI, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 27 October presidential election in Georgia...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Mongolia’s presidential election recommends improvements to legal framework
Publishing date: 18 September 2013
Mongolia’s presidential election on 26 June 2013 was characterized by a competitive campaign and respect for fundamental freedoms, but further efforts are required to address gaps and inconsistencies in the legal framework, concludes the final report by election observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE supports expert debate on election legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 September 2013
SARAJEVO, 18 September 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Constitutional and Legal Committees of BiH Parliament, supported an expert debate on the electoral legislation with focus on election administration, candidate lists and mandates, in Sarajevo today...
OSCE Centre organizes working visit to Norwegian parliamentary elections for Turkmenistan officials
Publishing date: 10 September 2013
ASHGABAT/OSLO, 10 September 2013 – Three members of the Turkmenistan Central Election Commission and one representative of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights learned about the electoral procedures of parliamentary elections in Norway during an OSCE-supported visit concluding in Oslo today...
OSCE Chairperson pledges continued co-operation with Parliamentary Assembly, support for election observation
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
On 30 August 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara had a telephone conversation with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ranko Krivokapic. Leonid Kozhara reiterated a great importance that the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship attaches to the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and stressed the readiness to continue close co-operation with this institution...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 29 August 2013
BAKU, 29 August 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 9 October presidential election in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Office in Baku holds sessions on non-interference in election processes
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
BAKU, 23 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held today in Baku the first in a series of sessions on the importance of non-interference in election processes in the run-up to the Presidential elections on 9 October 2013...