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Election observers

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of (a) short-term and (b) long-term observers the UK will provide for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights election observation mission to the Albanian parliamentary elections. (278795)

The UK will send two long-term observers (7 per cent.) and 20 short-term observers (5 per cent.) to the election observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for the Albanian parliamentary elections which will be held on Saturday 28 June 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on elections: monitoring, if he will make it his policy that the Government provide no less than 10 per cent. of observers to all election observation missions undertaken by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. (279142)

Our policy on OSCE election observation missions will continue to be to provide up to 10 per cent. of observers to all election observation missions, on an ad hoc basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of (a) short-term and (b) long-term observers the Government plans to contribute to the election observation mission to the Albanian parliamentary elections organised by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. (279143)

The UK will send two long-term observers (7 per cent.) and 20 short-term observers (5 per cent.) to the election observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for the Albanian parliamentary elections which will be held on 28 June 2009.