International observers for Georgian presidential election to hold news conference in Tbilisi on Sunday

TBILISI, 4 January 2008 - The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 5 January presidential election in Georgia will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday.

The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE, comprising the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament (EP).

The statement will be delivered by OSCE PA President Emeritus Alcee L. Hastings, Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers, in conjunction with Matyas Eorsi, the Head of the PACE delegation, Marie Anne Isler-Beguin, the Head of the European Parliament delegation, and Ambassador Dieter Boden, the Head of the ODIHR long-term election observation mission.

Journalists are invited to attned the news conference at 15.00, on Sunday, 6 January, at the Hotel Sheraton Metechi, 20 Telavi street, Tbilisi.