DUSHANBE, 26 February 2010 - The international election observation mission for the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan will present its preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 1 March, in Dushanbe. The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), and the European Parliament (EP). The preliminary statement

COPENHAGEN, 24 February 2010 -- The head of the OSCE election observation mission to the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan on 28 February, OSCE PA Vice-President Pia Christmas-Moeller (Denmark), arrived today in Tajikistan. Pia Christmas-Moeller, leader of the Parliamentary Assembly’s delegation of over 50 election observers, has also been appointed OSCE Special Co-ordinator by the OSCE chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister,

COPENHAGEN, 23 February 2010 – A high-level delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), led by President Joao Soares and the Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia, President Emeritus Goran Lennmarker, will visit all three countries in the Caucasus next month. The visit will take place from 9 to 16 March. It will begin in Georgia, 9 and 10 March, continue to Armenia from 10 to 13 March, before ending in Azerbaijan

TREND NEWS 23 February 2010 Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.23 / Trend News, E. Ostapenko / A high-level delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), headed by President Joao Soares and the Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh Goran Lennmarker, will pay a three day visit to Azerbaijan in mid-March, the OSCE said. The OSCE PA's delegation will visit Azerbaijan March 13-16 within a regional visit to all three South Caucasus countries.

VIENNA, 18 February 2010 – On 17 and 18 February, in Vienna, OSCE PA President Joao Soares met with Jozefina Topalli, Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, as well as Edi Rama, leader of the Socialist Party, and other senior elected officials. Following these meetings President Soares today reconfirmed his support of the OSCE assessment of the 28 June parliamentary elections. The OSCE's preliminary post-election statement on 29 June 2009 assessed

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev addressing the OSCE PA's ninth Winter Meeting in Vienna. VIENNA, 18 February 2010 – Strengthening co-operation with OSCE parliamentarians is an important component in tackling regional challenges such as protracted conflicts and the European arms control regime, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, in Vienna