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OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on parliamentary elections in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 December 2016
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) visited Minsk from 20 to 22 December 2016 to present the final report of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission for the 11 September 2016 parliamentary elections in
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier sees elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an important step for further reforms
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
BERLIN, 12 December 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a statement today said he considered the elections that took place in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 11 December 2016 to be “an important step to settle the continued political crisis in the country.” Steinmeier noted that the International Election Observation Mission under the aegis of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights found in its statement, as presented today in Skopje, that the election proceeded without major incidents...
Competitive elections follow cross-party co-operation to end political crisis, though need for sustainable reforms remains, international election observers say in Skopje
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
SKOPJE, 12 December 2016 – The 11 December parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were competitive and an essential step in resolving two years of deep political crisis, but took place in an environment characterized by widespread public mistrust in institutions and the political establishment, international election observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on parliamentary elections in Belarus recommends review of legislation, ensuring an equal playing field and respect for fundamental freedoms
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Belarus’s 11 September 2016 parliamentary elections recommends a comprehensive review of the legislation in line with international obligations and standards for conducting democratic elections, and ensuring
Uzbekistan presidential election underscores need for comprehensive reforms, OSCE/ODIHR observers say
Publishing date: 5 December 2016
TASHKENT, 5 December 2016 – The 4 December presidential election in Uzbekistan underscored the need for comprehensive reforms to address long-standing procedural and systematic shortcomings, including to a legal framework that is not conducive to holding genuine democratic elections, the election observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a preliminary statement released today...
Imperative that elections in Stolac are conducted as soon as possible in accordance with the law, calls International community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
SARAJEVO, 2 December 2016- It is clear that as the result of multiple actions on 2 October 2016, democracy was denied to the people of Stolac...
OSCE parliamentarians to observe upcoming elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
COPENHAGEN, 28 November 2016 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and provide leadership for the short-term OSCE observer mission...