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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 11:53:40 EDT
OSCE LAUNCHES PRELIMINARY MONITORING EFFORT FOR UPCOMING ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced on 28 April that they have begun preparations for comprehensive monitoring of the Armenian parliamentary election scheduled for 25 May, according to Azg and RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau. The American head of the OSCE monitoring team, Ambassador Robert Barry, urged the Armenian government to ensure "greater transparency" in the election's vote count and "more balanced" media coverage of the campaign, especially after the voting irregularities reported by the OSCE in the February-March presidential election. The OSCE has deployed a preliminary team of 28 experts to monitor the campaign and media coverage, with another 250 observers to be dispatched to Armenia as the 25 May poll approaches. RG
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