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Address by US Ambassador
Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Collections: Documents from the 11th Economic Forum
Statement to the 11th Economic Forum, Address by Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, United States Mission to the OSCE
Summary of the statement by Deputy Director General of "Russian Aluminium"
Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Collections: Keynote speeches
Summary of the statement by Mr. A. YA. Livshits, Deputy Director General of "Russian Aluminium", the 11th Economic Forum
Review of the Draft Law on Political Parties in Romania
Publishing date: 13 December 2002
A Draft Law on Political Parties (hereinafter “the Draft Law”) was adopted by the Parliament of Romania and has been submitted to the President for signature. The Draft Law would replace the current Law on Political Parties (1996), except for the chapter of the latter related to financing of political parties.
Joint Revised Preliminary Assessment of the Revised Draft Election Code of 28 November 2002 in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 December 2002
At its 45th Plenary meeting (Venice, 15-16 December 2000), the Venice Commission approved the programme of co-operation with Azerbaijan which had been proposed by Messrs Khanlar Hajiyev, President of the Constitutional Court, Mr Ramiz Mehdiyev, Head of the Presidential Administration and Mr Safa Mirzoyev, Head of the Administration of Parliament (CDL (2001) 5). The main lines of the programme followed the mandate given to the Venice Commission by the Committee of Ministers (CM (2000) 170). In conformity with its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has been engaged in Azerbaijan since 1998 through the implementation of technical assistance projects mainly aiming at improving the election legislation in co-operation with the authorities and civil society of Azerbaijan.
Review of the OSCE Office in Yerevan activities in 2002
Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Permanent Council Decision No. 350
Publishing date: 18 May 2000
International Standards and Commitments on the Right to Democratic Elections: A Practical Guide To Democratic Elections. OSCE ODIHR Draft Paper
Publishing date: 20 November 2002
Collections: International Standards for Elections
Consolidated summary of the second preparatory seminar for the 11th Economic Forum
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
Collections: Documents from the 11th Economic Forum, Economic and Environmental Forum preparatory conference summaries
Second preparatory seminar on the national and international economic impact of trafficking in human beings, Ionnina, Greece, 17-18 February 2003
Declaration from the Ministerial meeting on environmental issues
Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Declaration from the Final Preparatory Ministerial Conference for participants from Serbia and Montenegro for inclusion into the process of "Environment for Europe" and participation to the Fifth Pan-European Ministerial Conference on Environment.
Joint Assessment of the Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, Adopted in July 2002
Publishing date: 8 November 2002
Collections: Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments
In November 2001, the Armenian authorities, through Mr Tigran Torossian, VicePresident of the National Assembly, asked the Venice Commission for an opinion on draft amendments to the electoral code. Two opinions were provided by Messrs. Bernard Owen and Tom Mackie (CDL (2002) 4 and 39). At its 50th plenary session (Venice, 8-9 March 2002), the Venice Commission instructed the Secretariat to prepare a consolidated opinion on the draft amendments to the electoral law of Armenia and to forward it to the Armenian authorities. This was done in April 2002 (CDL-AD (2002) 7).