Written question asked by Bruce George (Labour) on Thursday, 26 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 March 2009. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 April 2009 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Elections: Monitoring

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from which budget heading his Department will allocate funding for Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe election observation in future.

Answer: We greatly value the election observation work of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). We will continue to uphold the commitment we made in 2004 to provide, from the UK, up to 10 per cent. of observers to the OSCE's election observation missions on, an ad hoc basis.Decisions on internal resource allocations are still under way and we are considering the details of arrangements for funding the UK contribution.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 490 c1195W;490 c1191W; 268156
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Election observers Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk