Press briefing on civil and voter registration in Kosovo

PRISTINA, 10 April 2000 - Staff are getting ready to start the civil registration process in Kosovo. Hundreds of people are being trained to tackle everything, from taking identification photos to checking for fraudulent documents. As part of ongoing preparations for registration and a subsequent election, the Organization for Security and Co-operatoin in Europe will hold a media briefing to explain how documents and individual identities will be verified. Officials will also discuss measures that have been taken against using falsified documents or cheating with registration.

The registration process includes checking documents, as well as having photographs and fingerprints taken. This will allow for the distribution of identity cards and to provide, through fingerprints, a further means of verifying identity.

MEDIA BRIEFING - REGISTRATION PROCESS

Tuesday, 11 April 200010:00 a.m.4th floor Conference Room, OSCE Headquarters, Pristina

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Journalists and photographers may view a demonstration of the computer equipment which will be used for the civil registration process.

Tuesday, 11 April 200014:00 p.mBanquet Hall, Grand Hotel, Pristina

For further information, contact Press and Public Information of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, tel.: +381 38 500 162 ext. 118, 218, 260, 342. Satphone: 871 762 009 948. Fax: +381 38 500 188. Satfax: 871 382 425 022. Roland Bless, Spokesperson, mobile + 389 70 250 576. By e-mail: press@omik.org. Information on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo: www.osce.org/kosovo