Early Parliamentary Elections, 21 July 2019
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Mission at a glance
- Head of Mission: Ambassador Albert Jónsson
- 19 core team experts from 14 participating States, based in Kyiv
- 100 long-term and 750 short-term observers requested from OSCE participating States
Mission schedule
- 11 June : Opening press conference
- 16 June: Arrival of long-term observers
- 17 June: Briefing of long-term observers
- 17-18 June: Deployment of long-term observers across the country
- 16 July: Arrival of short-term observers
- 17-18 July: Briefing of short-term observers
- 18-19 July: Deployment of short-term observers
- 21 July: Election day
- 22 July: Press conference on preliminary findings and conclusions
- 24 July: Departure of short-term observers
- 31 July: Departure of long-term observers
- 4 August: Departure of the core team
International Election Observation Mission press conference, Kyiv, 22 July 2019 - starts at 14:00 CEST (15:00 Kyiv time)
Following an invitation to observe the 21 July 2019 early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, and in accordance with its mandate, ODIHR has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe these elections.
The ODIHR election observation mission, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and the Office of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine operate separately and independently under their own mandates.
Long-term Observation
The ODIHR EOM, headed by Ambassador Albert Jónsson, started its work in Ukraine on 11 June. The EOM has a core team of 19 international staff at the head office in Kyiv, drawn from 14 OSCE participating States. In addition, ODIHR has requested OSCE participating States to second 100 long-term observers who will be deployed throughout the country from 16 June.
The ODIHR EOM will assess the elections for compliance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections, as well as with national legislation. Observers will closely monitor candidate registration, campaign activities, the work of the election administration and relevant governmental bodies, election-related legislation and its implementation, the media environment, and the resolution of election-related disputes.
Election Day
ODIHR will request the secondment of 750 short-term observers from OSCE participating States for election day. The short-term observers will be deployed throughout the country in multinational teams of two to monitor the opening of polling stations, the voting, the counting of ballots, and the tabulation of results at all levels.
The day after the election, ODIHR, together with its partners, will issue a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference. A final report on the observation of the entire electoral process will be issued approximately eight weeks after the end of the observation mission.
Co-operation with Other Partners
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly are planning to deploy observer delegations for these elections.
Previous elections
ODIHR has observed twelve elections since 1998, most recently the 2019 presidential election.