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To: eleni121
The South Ossetian Information and Press Committee announced that the residents of the Georgian villages, that are not controlled by the separatist authorities, will be able to participate [1]. Those choosing to do so were able to use ballots written in Georgian language[2]. Terry Davis, Secretary General of the West's main election monitoring body, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which boycotted the poll, called the referendum counterproductive and said that the ethnic Georgians were not given the right to vote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetian_independence_referendum,_2006

Council of Europe Secretary General on the vote in South Ossetia, The Council of Europe press release, November 13, 2006.

Georgia's Breakaway South Ossetia Region Backs Independence, The Voice of America, November 13, 2006.

274 posted on 08/10/2008 10:55:55 AM PDT by flyfree
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To: flyfree
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the West's main election monitoring body, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which boycotted the poll, called the referendum counterproductive and said that the ethnic Georgians were not given the right to vote.

Thanks for the info.

281 posted on 08/10/2008 11:06:54 AM PDT by FreeReign
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