OSCE SENDS OBSERVERS AT CROATIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

ZAGREB, June 10 (Hina) - On request of the Croatian Foreign Ministry, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) would send observers at Croatia's 15 June presidential election, and a possible 29 June second election round, OSCE said in a statement on Tuesday. The observer delegation, to comprise about 100 international observers from OSCE member-countries, would be coordinated by Kare Vollan from Norway and his deputy, Mark Powers-Stevens from Great Britain. Observers would be organized in two-member groups, to be deployed throughout Croatia. Seven observers, monitoring the pre-election process, were already in several parts of the country, the statement said. Monitoring would be based on samples, as it was impossible to observe all activities all the time, the statement said, pointing out that international observers could make only an estimation of the election. On election day, observer groups would visit many polling stations. During the counting of votes, they would stay at one polling station from the beginning of the counting to the final results. Results attested this way would be compared to official results, OSCE's statement concluded. (hina) ha mm 101234 MET jun 97