Maltese observers for Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina
PR1392
11/09/1996
In accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Copenhagen Document, which is an integrated component of the Dayton Peace Agreement, a team of short term Observers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs left for Vienna on Monday for overall briefing sessions. From Vienna they will proceed to Bosnia Herzegovina.
The general elections will be held on the 14 September, 1996.
| The Malta Delegation led by Mr. Saviour F. Borg, - Director, | Multilateral Affairs, is also composed of Mr. Edwin Abela - Councillor and Mr. Alan Bugeja - First Secretary. |
| The Maltese delegation will be joining others from 43 different | countries and organisations at the Austria Centre. OSCE Co-ordinator for International Monitoring and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, will jointly undertake to brief Observers on procedures to be followed for the election. |
| Tomorrow, Observers will be flown from Vienna International Airport | to Sarajevo, Banja Luka or Tuzla. Therefrom there will be assigned their region of deployment. |
| Once they reach their assigned region, Observers will be briefed by | the long-term observers tomorrow evening. On the 13th September preliminary visits to polling stations will also take place. |
| All Observers will be in place at the designated polling stations | by the 14th September for the actual elections. Debriefing and reporting will take place on 15th September. Their observations will serve the basis of the overall assessment of the electoral process. Malta's involvement in this electoral process is another effective contribution to the promotion of stability and co-operation in this area and in support of the Dayton Peace Agreement. |
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