Also San Marino in the Electoral Monitoring Mission in Sarajevo
“The San Marino Council Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), composed of Councilor Michele Muratori, will participate in the OSCE PA Election Monitoring Mission to be held in Sarajevo from 30 September to 3 October next to the General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina of 2 October “.
This was announced by the Council Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, adding: “Approximately 100 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Observers will participate in a two-day briefing in Sarajevo before deploying to various locations in the country. for Election Day Monitoring.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Observers will work closely with colleagues from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which, on the day following the General Elections, will provide a Joint Assessment on the conduct of the Elections.
Pascal Allizard (France), Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Special Representative for Mediterranean Affairs, will serve as Special Coordinator and Head of the OSCE Monitoring Mission, following his appointment by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office , the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau. “The wide reach of this Mission, close to 400 Observers in total, is a clear signal of the great interest of the international community in the democratic development and reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Allizard.
Head of the OSCE PA Observer Delegation, President Margareta Cederfelt (Sweden) appointed Irene Charalambides (Cyprus), OSCE PA Vice-Chair and Special Representative for Combating Corruption.
The Mission will evaluate the Elections against the democratic commitments contained in the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. For two days, before the Elections, they will be informed by election observers, experts, candidates, representatives of political parties, media and representatives of the Civil Society, about the electoral context.
Mission leaders will release the Post-Election Declaration with preliminary results and conclusions at a press conference to be held in Sarajevo on 3 October and which will be broadcast live on the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly website ”.