Documents library

... INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION Montenegro – Presidential Election, 15 April 2018 STATEMENT OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS Fundamental freedoms were respected in the 15 April presidential election, although the candidate nominated by the governing

Address by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, H.E. David Dondua. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Mr. John MacGregor. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Desecration of monuments in Poland. Violations of the linguistic rights of national minorities in Latvia. Violations of the rights of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation. Enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan. Human rights and the rule of law in Turkey. International Roma Day, observed on 8 April 2018. Police brutality in Kosovska Mitrovica and the illegal detention of Mr. M. Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Government of the Republic of Serbia. Concerns about freedom of expression and the detention of Mr. K. Mirsaidov in Tajikistan. Farewell to the Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OSCE, Mr. B. Güldere. Parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan, held on 25 March 2018. Midterm elections in the United States of America, culminating on 6 November 2018. General election in Sweden, to be held on 9 September 2018. Nerve agent attack in Salisbury, United Kingdom (United Kingdom, Annex 1; Estonia, Annex 2).

... INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION Republic of Azerbaijan – Early Presidential Election, 11 April 2018 STATEMENT OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS The 11 April 2018 early presidential election in the Republic of Azerbaijan took place within a restrictive

... LIMITED ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION Hungary — Parliamentary Elections, 8 April 2018 STATEMENT OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS The 8 April parliamentary elections were characterized by a pervasive overlap between state and ruling party resources, undermining

... Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA 2018 EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ODIHR NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT 13-16 March 2018 Warsaw 6 April 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS I.

... OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Limited Election Observation Mission Hungary Parliamentary Elections, 8 April 2018 INTERIM REPORT 05 March – 26 March 2018 29 March 2018 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 11 January 2018, President János Áder scheduled parliamentary elections for

... OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission Montenegro Presidential Election, 15 April 2018 INTERIM REPORT 7 – 26 March 2018 29 March 2018 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The presidential election was called for 15 April by the president of parliament. The

... OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission Republic of Azerbaijan Early Presidential Election, 11 April 2018 INTERIM REPORT 9–24 March 2018 29 March 2018 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The president of Azerbaijan called an early presidential election for 11

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1289 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Canada, interpretative statement 1; to the decision; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 3; France, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1290 on the dates of the 2018 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Obstacles to the conducting of the Russian presidential election in the Russian Federation’s diplomatic institutions in Ukraine. Non-recognition of the illegal Russian election in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. Violations of children’s rights in the United Kingdom. Glorification of Nazism in Latvia. Uncorrected violations of international law and OSCE principles in connection with the 1999 bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, held on 18 March 2018. Inclusion of two organizations in the list of so-called “undesirable organizations” in the Russian Federation. Ensuring constitutional policing in the United States of America. Presidential election in the Russian Federation, held on 18 March 2018.

1180th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council