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Paris 1990
Supplementary document to give effect to certain provisions contained in the Charter of
Paris for a New Europe
Procedures and organizational modalities relating to certain provisions contained in the
Charter of Paris for a New Europe, signed in Paris on 21 November 1990, are set out below.
I.
Institutional arrangements
(…)
G. The office for free elections
1. The function of the Office for Free Elections will be to facilitate contacts and the exchange
of information on elections within participating States. The Office will thus foster the implementation of paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of the Document of the Copenhagen meeting of the
Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE (…)
2. To this end, the Office will
• compile information, including information provided by the competent authorities of the
participating States, on the dates, procedures and official results of scheduled national elections within participating States, as well as reports of election observations, and provide
these on request to governments, parliaments and interested private organizations;
• serve to facilitate contact among governments, parliaments or private organizations wishing to observe elections and competent authorities of the States in which elections are to
take place;
• organize and serve as the venue for seminars or other meetings related to election procedures and democratic institutions at the request of the participating States.
3. The Office will take into account the work of and co-operate with other institutions active
in this field.
4. The Office will carry out other tasks assigned to it by the Council.
5. The Office’s personnel will be composed of
• a Director, who will be responsible to the Council through the Committee of Senior
Officials;
• an Officer;
• administrative and technical personnel, recruited by the Director of the Office.
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