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President Bruce George to lead OSCE Observation of Georgian Elections

Publishing date: 29 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 29 October 2003- The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Bruce George, will arrive in Tbilisi on Thursday to lead the OSCE Observers for the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia, which will take place on Sunday 2 November...

OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of presidential elections in Serbia

Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 23 October 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia, scheduled to take place on 16 November. The

OSCE Human Rights Head deplores wave of arrests in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 20 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 20 October 2003- Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has expressed deep concern over a wave of arrests of opposition party officials and supporters in the wake of...

OSCE CiO on Azeri presidential elections and his visit to the Southern Caucasus

Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
THE HAGUE, 17 October 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has expressed concern about the post-election atmosphere in Azerbaijan, in which...

Joint statement on presidential election in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 16 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 16 October 2003- Voting in the 15 October Azerbaijan presidential election was generally well administered in most polling stations but the overall election process still fell short of international standards in several...

Albanian poll shows progress but observers call for improvements before parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 14 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 14 October 2003- The local elections in Albania on 12 October built on improvements made in previous elections and showed further progress towards compliance with OSCE, Council of Europe, and other international standards, though a number...

OSCE Centre assesses local elections in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 13 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Elections
ALMATY, 13 October 2003- The OSCE Centre in Almaty conducted a political assessment of the Maslikhat (local government) elections, that were concluded yesterday with a second round of voting...