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 what discussions he has had with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights following his announcement on UK contributions to election observation.

Answer: We wrote to the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to inform him of the final decision on funding following the announcement to Parliament. There have been no discussions specifically on election observations.We greatly value the election observation work of the 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.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 490 c1196W;490 c1192W; 268158
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Election observers Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk