OSCE/ODIHR observers for presidential election in Ukraine to hold press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday

KYIV, 5 February 2019 – On the occasion of the formal opening of the election observation mission from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the 31 March 2019 presidential election in Ukraine, the mission will hold a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Ambassador Peter Tejler, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission, will introduce the role of the mission and its upcoming activities.

The election observation mission, the office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, and the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine operate independently, under their separate mandates.

Journalists are invited to attend the press conference at 14:30, Wednesday, 6 February, in the Zoloti Vorota conference room of the InterContinental Kyiv Hotel, Velyka Zhytomyrska St., Kyiv.

For further information, please see https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/407660 or contact Francesca Boggeri, Media Analyst of the Election Observation Mission, on +380 67 339 6228 (mobile) or at Francesca.boggeri@odihr.org.ua (email).

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Thomas Rymer, ODIHR Spokesperson, on + 48 609 522 266 (mobile) or at thomas.rymer@odihr.pl (email)