Commonwealth of the Independent States - Election Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO) — is an international non-governmental organization founded by the Commonwealth of Independent States. CIS-EMO conducts election observation missions and prepares reports, which sometimes conflict with the findings of Western election monitoring organizations. It was founded in 2003 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and was led by Aleksey Kochetkov. As an NGO, it is different from other observers sent by the CIS. CIS-EMO "tried to legitimise practices of electoral authoritarianism and always remained loyal to the objectives of Russia’s foreign policy in the post-Soviet space".
CIS-EMO International Monitoring Missions
CIS-EMO participated in observing the following elections: Parliament elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2004 President elections in Ukraine, 2004 Parliament elections in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 2005 Parliament elections in the Republic of Moldova, 2005 President elections in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 2005 Mayor elections in Kishinev, Moldova, 2005 Municipal elections in Estonia, 2005 Parliament elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2005 President elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2005 Parliament elections in Transnistria, 2005 Parliament elections in Ukraine, 2006 Referendum on independence in Transnistria, 2006 President elections in Transnistria, 2006 President elections in Russia, 2008 Parliament elections in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 2009 Parliament elections in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, 2009 Mayor elections in Kostroma, Russia, 2009 Parliament elections in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, 2009 Parliament elections in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, 2009 Parliament elections in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Russia, 2009 Elections to Moscow City Hall, Russia, 2009 Parliament elections in South Ossetia, 2009 Parliament elections in Germany, 2009 Municipal elections in Estonia, 2009 President elections in Abkhazia, 2009 President elections in Ukraine, 2010 Parliament elections in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, 2010 Parliament elections in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, 2010 Referendum on changing the Constitution in Kyrgyzstan, 2010 Parliament elections in Kyrgyzstan, 2010 Municipal elections in Ukraine, 2010 Regional elections in Ukraine, 2010 Parliament elections in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, 2010 Parliament elections in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 2010 Parliament elections in Estonia, 2011 Parliament elections in Turkey, 2011 President elections in Abkhazia, 2011 Parliament elections in Poland, 2011 President elections in South Ossetia, 2011 President elections in Transnistria, 2011 Parliament elections in Abkhazia, 2012 President elections in South Ossetia, 2012 President elections in France, 2012 Parliamentary elections in Ukraine, 2012
EU Important Members of CIS-EMO Missions Status on the moment of participation.
Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime-minister, Slovakia Leszek Miller, former Prime-minister, Poland Andrzej Lepper, former vice-Prime-minister, Poland Paul-Marie Coûteaux, member of EU Parliament, France Sabine Lösing, member of EU Parliament, Germany Giulietto Chiesa, member of EU Parliament, Italy Sylwester Chruszcz, member of EU Parliament, Poland Alexander Mirsky, member of EU Parliament, Latvia Frank Schwalba-Hoth, former member of EU Parliament, Germany Jean-Mari Perrin, former ambassador of France in Azerbaijan and Estonia, France Thierry Mariani, member of National Assembly, France Michel Voisin, member of National Assembly, France, head of Delegation, the Delegation of France to the OSCE PA, France Bogusław Kowalski, member of Sejm, Poland Waldemar Kraska, senator, Poland Aldis Adamovich, Mayor of Preiļi, Latvia François-Xavier Coquin, Professor, College de France, France Mirca Margesku, Professor, France Olivier Vedrine, Professor, France Olivier Decrock, expert, France Marie-Helen Berard, Foundation Jacques Chirac, France Luca Bionda, Doctor of Political Science, Italy Stefano Vernole, expert, Italy Pawel Reszka, journalist, Poland Rainer Rupp, journalist, Germany
CIS-EMO Activities
CIS-EMO participates and organizes different events such as:
Round table in the European Parliament ‘Controlled Democracy in Russia?’, March 2009, Brussels; International conference ‘ Civic institutions in the election process. Control and maintaining’ in the Public Chamber of Russia, January 2009, Moscow; Conference ‘ Voting for democracy? ’, December 2009, Berlin; Round table ‘Dynamics in the developing of the democratic institutions in the Republic of South Ossetia in the first year after having been recognized’, May 2009, Tskhinvali; Round table ‘Investment potential of South Ossetia: complex approach, problems and perspectives’, 2010, Tskhinvali; School of international observers, September, 2010, Kyrgyzstan; OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, July 2008, Vienna; Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Democratic Lawmaking, OSCE, November 2008, Vienna; Round table ‘ Civil Society in Law System of Modern Europe’, January 2009, Athens; Election conference of the party ‘European Left’, 2009, Berlin; International conference ‘Global Europe’, EUP, 2009, Brussels; Forum ‘European Union and Russia: new perspectives’, EUP, 2009, Brussels; Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum - ‘Modern State: standards of democracy and criteria of effectiveness’, September 2009, Yaroslavl; Review Conference, September 2010, Warsaw; Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE, October 2011, Warsaw; Round table ‘Election Systems of States of Old Democracy’, RIA Novosti, February, 2012, Moscow.
See also Election monitoring Aleksey Kochetkov
References
External links Official CIS-EMO website