The Volyn branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine held a press conference dedicated to the results of monitoring the election campaign in August 2004. The head of the Volyn branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, Oleksandr Stirko, and the long-term observer of the election process in the Volyn region, Volodymyr Pavliuk, told representatives of local media about the state of the pre-election situation in the region. \n According to Volodymyr Pavliuk, during August of this year a decline in political activity can be noted. In particular, the headquarters of most candidates, although they have already been operating for about a month, are not holding any mass events, limiting themselves to collecting signatures and distributing campaign materials. Among the most active, one can single out the headquarters of V. Yushchenko, V. Yanukovych, O. Moroz and P. Symonenko. During the press conference, Volodymyr Pavliuk analyzed the main aspects of the process of forming territorial election commissions in the region, the work of local self-government bodies in preparing for the elections, the activities of election process subjects, campaigning, the work of the media and courts on election disputes. Thus, according to the results of the monitoring conducted, representatives of the Volyn branch of the CVU claim that the formed territorial election commissions in practice do not correspond to equal representation of all candidates in them, and the insufficient material and technical support for the work of the commissions puts the full organization of the election process at risk. Also, the participants of the press conference note that in August the number of campaign materials disseminating false information about candidates increased. According to Mr. Pavliuk, during the last month there has been an intensification of appeals against cases of violations of legislation and inaction of officials in courts and election commissions. \n During the press conference, the head of the Volyn branch of the CVU, Oleksandr Stirko, presented the project "Joint Efforts – the Key to Success," which envisages raising awareness among voters of ten remote districts of four election constituencies of the Volyn region about the results of monitoring programs of NGOs, strengthening the network of the branch of the coalition "New Choice – 2004," and cooperation with election process subjects to ensure transparent democratic elections in the region. \n