The Local Government Ordinance, 2001, governs elections to the local bodies.

Local elections had already occurred in Nigeria and elections to state government would be held in December 1997.

The proportion of female candidates in elections of local government councils is higher than in the parliamentary elections.

(d) Participation of women in elective offices in local government

Since then, presidential, parliamentary and local elections the latter ushering in a revival of local government that had been dormant for nearly 30 years have been held in conformity with democratic principles and practice.

Recognizing the importance of monitoring the activities of newly elected local government bodies, it has been decided to schedule the elections several months earlier, on 16 March 1997, coinciding with local government elections in the rest of Croatia.

The National Electoral Commission, with significant international support, successfully organized the local government elections in 2004.

Major targets in the programme had been met, including the establishment of the National Electoral Commission, the registration of five political parties and the elections to all local government councils.

The Quartet commends the Government of Israel for facilitating the operations.

Owing to logistical and financial constraints, the Government is holding village elections in a phased manner three further districts will go to the polls in March, to be followed by elections in the eight remaining districts between April and June, according to a schedule to be decided by the National Electoral Commission.

In the last two elections in 1999 and 2002, 28.3 of the women who stood as candidates were elected to local government councils (see Table 7.1).

Expressing concern that the absence of representative government in Nigeria has led to violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and recalling in this regard the popular support for democratic government as evidenced in the 1993 elections, and noting that local government elections on a non party basis were held in March 1996,

The proportion of women who have been elected is also higher as compared to the parliamentary elections.

In the political sphere, the election of a new Government had provided women with an opportunity to elect representatives who would promote their empowerment in the economic and political fields, and to serve in high offices in the Government.

This year's elections mark the first time power is handed peacefully from one democratically elected government to the next.

Campaign rallies have continued unabated in and around Abidjan and other areas within Government controlled territory, with the PDCI opposition party holding conventions throughout Government controlled areas and electing Mr. Konan Bédié as their presidential candidate for the upcoming elections.

42. Multiparty elections take place at regular intervals at the local government, provincial and national levels.

And all of the electors in all of the states go to their designated location, usually the state Capitol, on the same day and usually that is some day in December and then they pick the president, although by that point everyone know who the president is because the actual election was in early November and people know which way the votes went and which way the electoral college votes went.

At the local level, the proportion is much lower still, since in the country's 330 mayoralties, only four female mayors were elected in 1995 and eight in 2003.

He added that local government was a route into national Government in Ireland and pointed out that the election of female mayors in three major Irish cities reflected the increase in the number of women elected to local office.

We congratulate the Government of Timor Leste on the tangible progress achieved in adopting key legislation, in establishing State institutions and in holding successful local elections in two districts, the first elections ever organized by the Timorese authorities.

The Office for Gender Equality was working through local bodies and local NGOs to organize campaigns to persuade political parties to nominate many more women in forthcoming local elections.

A positive trend is the growing number of female candidates in both parliamentary and local government council elections.

In 2002 the non profit association Civic Training organised a pre election forum with 300 participants for women who were standing as candidates in elections of local government councils.

The mission recognized the widely shared view that the election timetable must be adhered to, and was reassured by the strong commitment expressed by the Haitian interim authorities to conduct free and fair, transparent and inclusive elections with a view to transferring power to elected authorities on 7 February 2006, as scheduled.

So the government decided to have the elections once again.

Women had begun to be elected as village heads and to area councils and local government.

As the President himself announced at the time of his election, the Government plans to complete the process of democratization and openness started by the late President it will make sure that legislative and local elections are held and will then turn, as soon as possible, to organizing the Presidential elections.

In its comments on the draft report the NHRO recognises that insufficient resources continue to affect negatively the level of enjoyment of social rights in Latvia.

The forum Women deciding 2004 was organised with the aim to start preparations for next local government elections.

It is also pertinent to point out that the Government has scheduled nationwide local government elections, on a party basis, in furtherance of our country s transition to civil rule programme.

In the local government elections in Saxony and Brandenburg in the year 1994 as well as in by elections approximately 140 members of the Sorbian people were elected as candidates representing different political parties or Sorbian voters apos associations to county, city and local parliaments.

8. Calls upon the Assistance Mission to continue to provide the necessary support to the Government of Afghanistan in order to facilitate timely and inclusive parliamentary and local elections

Although there is still almost a year until the next local government elections, women's associations of political parties already prepare their members to stand as candidates in elections.

GDP growth for more than 6 , a deliberate fiscal policy, national currency being tied to the SDR has been singled out as the basis of Latvia's rapid development.

In August 1996 a voluminous report entitled Planning for local and National Assembly elections was submitted to the Government by three international election experts who had previously worked in Cambodia for UNTAC.

To assist the Government of National Unity and the government of southern Sudan with the preparations for and conduct of elections and referendums and to assist in the implementation of their results

Component 2 Transitional Government and elections

The results of the household budget surveys show that average household income per person is increasing, but simultaneously the income of the poorest members of society are decreasing even more.

The Security Council encourages the Secretary General and the Lebanese Government to reach arrangements for international assistance, including United Nations assistance, to ensure that such elections are conducted in a free and credible manner, in particular through inviting international governmental and or non governmental electoral observers to monitor the electoral process.

On the other hand, in the municipal elections in 2000, the proportion of women elected as mayors and deputy mayors fell in comparison with the 1996 elections.

Although as a result of the latest local government councils elections there are less than 20 of women as heads of local governments, women in rural areas do influence and develop rural life and take part in the decision making process.

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

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

The Electoral Assistance Division with UNDP and the Secretariado developed a technical assistance project to assist in the holding of local elections in the country.