ODIHR's 20th anniversary

Former ODIHR Directors Audrey Glover (l) and Christian Strohal catch up at a ceremony to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (l) speaks with former ODIHR Director Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann at a ceremony to celebrate ODIHR's 20th anniversary in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw on 17 May to mark ODIHR's 20 anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski (c) shakes hands with Evaldas Ignatavicius, Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania and representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, as ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarčič looks on at a ceremony in Warsaw on 17 May to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Noah Lane, ODIHR's Security and Logistics Officer, standing in front of the ODIHR office prior to a ceremony to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

The Head of ODIHR's Democratization Department, Thomas Vennen, speaking with former ODIHR Director Audrey Glover at a ceremony marking ODIHR's 20th anniversary, held in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Former ODIHR Directors Audrey Glover (l) and Christian Strohal catch up prior to a ceremony to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski leaves the podium after speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw on 17 May to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski (c) speaks with Polish democracy activist and presidential adviser Jan Lityński at a ceremony marking ODIHR's 20 anniversary in Warsaw on 17 May. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarčič speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw on 17 May to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Jan Lityński (r), an adviser to Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, speaks with ODIHR's First Deputy Director Douglas Wake (c) at an event in Warsaw on 17 May to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw on 17 May to mark ODIHR's 20 anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)

Evaldas Ignatavicius, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, at an event in Warsaw on 17 to mark ODIHR's 20th anniversary. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)