KYIV, 20 April 2019 – The international observers for the second round of the presidential election in Ukraine will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 22 April, in Kyiv.

The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), 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 George Tsereteli, Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, followed by Angela Smith, Head of the PACE delegation, Doris Barnett, Head of the OSCE PA delegation, Rebecca Harms, Head of the EP delegation, and Ambassador Peter Tejler, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission.

The international election observation mission comprises 685 observers from 44 countries, including 629 long- and short-term observers deployed by ODIHR, 33 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA, 19 from PACE and 9 from the EP.

Journalists are invited to attend the press conference at 15:00, Monday, 22 April, in the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Kyiv hotel, 5 Alla Tarasova St., Kyiv. NB While the press conference is open to all and no registration or accreditation is needed to enter, we will only be taking questions from journalists.

Livestreaming of the press conference will be available at: www.facebook.com/osce.odihr and www.oscepa.org. 

For further information, contact:

Anna Di Domenico, OSCE PA, +380 98 046 62 21 or +45 60 10 83 80, [email protected] 
Thomas Rymer, ODIHR, +380 67 339 62 93 or +48 609 522 266, [email protected] 
Bogdan Torcatoriu, PACE, +380 96 429 48 91 or +33 6 50 39 29 40, [email protected] 
Doichin Cholakov, EP, +380 97 918 38 35 or +32 477 85 45 78, [email protected]