Ukraine poll failings condemned

The first round of voting in the 31 October presidential election in Ukraine did not meet a considerable number of OSCE, Council of Europe and other European standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a preliminary statement 1 November 2004.

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Council of Europe: Press Releases http://hub.coe.int/web/coe-portal/press/pressreleases

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/14674 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/14674

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