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Use of electronic voting and upholding existing election standards focus of OSCE expert meeting

Publishing date: 16 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 16 September 2010- An expert meeting on the use of electronic voting in OSCE participating States- as well as the lessons learned from countries that have moved away from such systems- started in Vienna today...

OSCE/ODIHR to advise on Afghan elections

Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 14 September 2010- A team of election experts sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally began its work in Kabul today...

Statement by OSCE, UN and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 14 September 2010- Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Envoy; Pierre Morel, the EU Special Representative; and Miroslav Jenca, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, issued the following statement today:

OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for Latvia's parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
RIGA, 7 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 2 October parliamentary elections in Latvia...

OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 7 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE observers arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina to observe general elections

Publishing date: 30 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 30 August 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October...

OSCE Office in Baku issues conclusions from roundtable discussion on role of media in elections

Publishing date: 26 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 26 August 2010- The OSCE Office in Baku announced today a number of principles to help ensure equitable media coverage ahead of the November parliamentary elections, following discussions at a roundtable event with political parties this week...