Translation of "international observer " (English → French) :

14. Insists that the EU Election Observation Missions envisaged in relation to the forthcoming elections must be deployed strictly on condition that they are able to effectively monitor the votes in accordance with the relevant EU and international principles; considers that the current climate of severe restrictions on freedom of assembly and expression does not bode well for an open electoral environment, and warns of the risk of international observers legitimising a flawed and undemocratic process; calls on the EEAS and the Member States to support substantial domestic observation of both forthcoming elections;

12. Notes that some 600 international observers are expected to monitor the Russian presidential election (there will be observers from the OSCE/ODIHR, the PACE, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the CIS); stresses that international and national election observation missions should be fully deployed, in order to ensure efficient monitoring of the electoral process, in accordance with OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe standards; calls on the Russian authorities to avoid the interference and hindrance that was reported in the case of the Duma elections;

12. Notes that some 600 international observers are expected to monitor the Russian presidential election (there will be observers from the OSCE/ODIHR, the PACE, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the CIS); stresses that international and national election observation missions should be fully deployed, in order to ensure efficient monitoring of the electoral process, in accordance with OSCE/ ODIHR and Council of Europe standards; calls on the Russian authorities to avoid the interference and hindrance that was reported in the case of the Duma elections;

Calls for serious consideration to be given to the added value, where practicable, of consultation, cooperation and knowledge-sharing between Parliament and ACP parliamentary delegations and missions in the broader context of the external action of the EU, and in relation to other national and international observation missions; proposes that working parties be set up with a view to enabling African Union partners to benefit, as part of the new EU-Africa strategy, from election observation expertise and experience, as the EU has bene ...[+++]fited from the ODIHR/OSCE's working methods and experience.

5. Welcomes the fact that international observers have been invited and urges the Ukraine authorities to allow national observers, including neutral observers, to monitor the elections; in this context, calls for the electoral law to be modified as a matter of urgency so as to give national non-partisan organisations whose purpose is to observe elections the same observation rights as are accorded to international observers and candidates' representatives;

B. whereas these irregularities, confirmed by various Peruvian and international independent bodies, and the refusal of the authorities to postpone the date of the second ballot in order to solve problems in the counting system and provide minimum guarantees for the elections - as requested both by the OAS mission and the international observers and by the Peruvian Ombudsman, the Peruvian electoral observers’ institutions and the democratic opposition parties – have led to one of the candidates not taking part in the second round of the elections and the withdrawal of the OAS electoral observers’ mission and all the electoral observers ...[+++]and spokespeople,