COPENHAGEN, 11 January 2012 – The OSCE Chair-in-Office, Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, on Monday appointed OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Emeritus Joao Soares Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE election observation mission to the 15 January early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan. "I look forward to seeing how Kazakhstan's electoral process functions since legal changes were enacted after the 2007 parliamentary elections,"
08 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 –Matteo Mecacci (Italy), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today released the following statement regarding arrests made in Russia in the wake of parliamentary elections held Sunday: "The Russian Federation, like all OSCE participating States, has committed to uphold freedom of assembly and expression. The recent news from Moscow and elsewhere
07 December 2011
ng.ru 7 December 2011 Дарья Цилюрик Запад вынес вердикт российским выборам Клинтон защищает ПАРНАС, Маккейн пугает арабской весной Ведущие международные партнеры России, и прежде всего США, выразили озабоченность в связи с нарушениями в ходе голосования на выборах в Госдуму. Свои критические заявления они основывают на данных международных наблюдателей и сообщениях западных корреспондентов. Самой резкой оказалась оценка, прозвучавшая из
OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou speaks at the OSCE Ministerial Council, 6 December 2011, in Vilnius. VILNIUS, 6 December 2011 – Speaking today at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius, Lithuania, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou said that having an organization which links Europe with Asia and North America using the working methods of the OSCE is needed for the present and the future. "In order to be seen as an asset
07 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (Lithuania), rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Political Affairs and Security, hosted a discussion Wednesday with experts, parliamentarians and civil society from Belarus alongside the Ministerial Council in Vilnius. This meeting provided parliamentarians the chance to meet face to face with Belarusian opposition and gain first-hand knowledge about the political,
05 December 2011
BBC 5 December 2011 Международные наблюдатели ОБСЕ и ПАСЕ вслед за своими российскими коллегами сообщили о множестве нарушений на выборах в Госдуму, включая вбросы бюллетеней и вмешательство властей в ход голосования. "Сами выборы отмечены вмешательством органов власти", - заявил на пресс-конференции в Москве в понедельник президент ПАСЕ Петрос Эфтимиу, возглавлявший объединенную группу европейских наблюдателей. По его словам, "был целый ряд
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