The Ivorian parties also reaffirmed the need to hold presidential elections in October 2005 and legislative elections immediately thereafter.

Furthermore, we successfully held presidential elections, and, in less than three days, we will hold parliamentary and provincial elections.

To this end, preparations are under way to hold municipal elections by April 2006.

It is still intended to hold the elections before the end of this year.

The independent expert stressed the importance of free and fair elections, and that the Somaliland authorities would be strongly encouraging the Parliament to hold the scheduled elections.

environment in which to hold Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in over 30 years, on 18 September 2005.

It had agreed on condition, that the Government should hold talks with the armed opposition to achieve peace and that, once peace had been achieved, it should hold democratic elections.

Obviously, for our new President to be able to take power on 7 February, first we need to hold elections.

We sincerely hope that security conditions will quickly be restored so that the Transitional Government can hold elections this year.

There are now 11 local authorities in which women hold a majority of seats, as compared to only 4 after the first elections.

In the view of his delegation, it would not be possible to strengthen the peace process and hold elections without an adequate level of resources.

The Interim Government and the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq delivered on their pledge to hold free and fair elections, on time, throughout the country.

Critical preparations in December and January were focused on ensuring that all the necessary technical arrangements were in place to hold the elections as scheduled.

Poland would hold free and fair parliamentary elections, and Solidarity would compete. It never occurred to the ruling communists (or to Solidarity) that they might lose.

Earlier, an official of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland had visited Hargeysa on 27 April to hold discussions on the parliamentary elections.

Montenegro is experiencing a political crisis resulting from mounting rivalry between President Bulatovic and Prime Minister Djukanovic, and will hold presidential elections on 5 October 1997.

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We stand in elections we vote in elections we observe elections.

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Lebanon is now preparing for parliamentary elections later this month, which the new Government under Prime Minister Mikati has committed itself to hold, beginning on 29 May.

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Some political parties stressed that a number of issues of critical importance needed to be dealt with in order to hold credible and fair elections in a secure environment.

Welcomes further the commitment of the Government of Guinea Bissau to hold Presidential elections in accordance with the timetable in the Transition Charter, and in that regard invites the international community to provide financial and technical support to Guinea Bissau in the holding of those elections

Welcomes further the commitment of the Government of Guinea Bissau to hold Presidential elections in accordance with the timetable in the Transition Charter, and in this regard calls on the international community to provide financial and technical support to Guinea Bissau in the holding of these elections

Following the publication of the electoral law on 11 February 2005, preparations are under way to hold local elections on 9 October 2005 and the first round of parliamentary and presidential elections on 13 November a second round, if necessary, would be held on 18 December.

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In several months' time, the country will hold legislative and presidential elections the final milestone on its journey towards a definitive return to the great family of the world's democracies.