OSCE come up with recommendations on unified standards for observation missions

The recommendation has been set out in the Washington Declaration approved at the final sitting of the five-day annual meeting of the PA OSCE. (Trend)

The document particularly notes that the OSCE – in cooperation with other international organizations, keeping an eye on elections – recommends establishing OSCE standards (for the observation of elections) as a guiding principal for similar observation missions, in which the Organization will act as mediator and recognized expert body in corresponding issues of OSCE member nations.