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Press release
OSCE/ODIHR deploys 50 long-term observers to monitor Russian presidential election
- Date:
- Place:
- WARSAW/MOSCOW
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- OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/MOSCOW, 12 February 2004 - An Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential election in the Russian Federation on 14 March has been deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The Mission is headed by Julian Peel Yates of the United Kingdom.
A core team of 16 international election experts will be based at the head office in Moscow, with an additional 34 long-term observers at regional centres throughout the country. The Mission, drawn from 16 OSCE participating States, will closely monitor and analyse the entire electoral process, including campaigning, the work of the election administration, the media, and the legal framework, as well as election-day complaints and appeals procedures.
The electoral process will be assessed according to OSCE commitments, in line with which the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has invited the OSCE/ODIHR to observe.
Some 400 short-term observers, together with parliamentarians from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will be deployed throughout Russia shortly before election day to observe the voting, counting, and tabulation of results.
On the day after the election, the Observation Mission will issue a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions. A comprehensive final report will be released about one month after the completion of the electoral process.
A core team of 16 international election experts will be based at the head office in Moscow, with an additional 34 long-term observers at regional centres throughout the country. The Mission, drawn from 16 OSCE participating States, will closely monitor and analyse the entire electoral process, including campaigning, the work of the election administration, the media, and the legal framework, as well as election-day complaints and appeals procedures.
The electoral process will be assessed according to OSCE commitments, in line with which the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has invited the OSCE/ODIHR to observe.
Some 400 short-term observers, together with parliamentarians from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will be deployed throughout Russia shortly before election day to observe the voting, counting, and tabulation of results.
On the day after the election, the Observation Mission will issue a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions. A comprehensive final report will be released about one month after the completion of the electoral process.
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