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Agenda of the meeting

Agenda of the meeting. Annex 1- Statement by the delegation of Netherlands. Annex 2- Statement by the delegation of Bulgaria.

Inspections of the Skrunda Radar Station Dismantling, Rules and Modalities

New Modalities for OSCE Meetings on Human Dimension Issues

This assessment reviews and comments on the draft referendum law for conducting referendum elections in the Republic of Montenegro.1 This assessment is based on unofficial English translations of the following: (1) the draft law, consisting of forty (40) articles, (2) the current Referendum Law of the Republic of Montenegro (published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 3/92 and as amended and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 7/92)2, (3) the Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives of the Republic of Montenegro20003, (4) the Law on Registers of Electors of the Republic of Montenegro,4 (5) the Citizenship Law of the Republic of Montenegro5 1999, (6) Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro 1992, (7) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992, and (8) Citizenship Law of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, No. 33/96). This assessment reviews and comments on the text of the draft law only, and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation for or against a referendum election in the Republic of Montenegro. Nor should this assessment be construed as a substantive approval or disapproval of any question that may be subsequently decided by a referendum election.

The legal framework of elections in Kazakhstan has been the subject of consultations between the authorities of Kazakhstan and OSCE/ODIHR. In the course of these consultations, OSCE/ODIHR presented recommendations on the electoral law prior to the October 1999 parliamentary elections. Additional comments were contained in the needs assessment mission report (25 August 1999) and in the final report (20 January 2000). The authorities of Kazakhstan accepted to continue consultations on the election law, based on the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations. On 2 September 2000, during the first round table discussion on elections, the parties agreed on a timetable for further round tables in 2001. The following recommendations will focus on the issues to be discussed in January 2001, such as the independence and formation of election commissions, and election procedures, including the transparency of the vote count and tabulation procedures. The following comments on the legal framework of elections in Kazakhstan are based on the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” signed by the President on 28 June 1999. Some additional comments are provided on the instructions issued by the Central Election Commission (CEC) through the latter part of 1999.

High Commissioner on National Minorities, Extension of Appointment

Agenda of the meeting

This report provides brief comments on a draft Law on Political Parties of the Russian Federation. It is based on a Russian-language text of the draft Law provided by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. This draft, dated 21 November 2000, was prepared by a working group in the Russian Central Electoral Commission.

Agenda of the meeting