Voters The percentage of women voters was 46.3 for the 1988 elections.

On 20 April 2005, the communal elections law and electoral code were promulgated, and CENI announced the revised electoral schedule communal elections on 3 June legislative elections on 4 July Senate elections on 29 July presidential elections (by the new Parliament) on 19 August and colline elections on 23 September 2005.

For example, they have attended several international and subregional conferences organized by the United Nations, United Nations agencies or by African subregional organizations, to wit

The adoption by Parliament of the electoral law would enable the Independent Electoral Commission to establish the electoral calendar and proceed with the organization of the elections.

The Commission ran the 1998 legislative elections and the 1999 presidential election.

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

Electoral authority is exercised by the Supreme Electoral Council and subordinate electoral bodies.

The presidential elections were successfully conducted in 2004 and the parliamentary and provincial elections are due to be held on 18 September 2005.

Legislative elections had been held, and a presidential election was under way.

To vote in all elections and public referenda and to be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies

6.1 Representation of women in diplomatic missions

a) To vote in all elections and public referenda and to be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies,

Legislative elections were held on 4 July and Senate elections on 29 July.

(a) To vote in all elections and public referenda and to be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies

In Afghanistan, for example, we haven't just had one election or two elections. We've gone through three elections, presidential and parliamentary. And what do we find?

The 2005 parliamentary elections in Nagorno Karabakh were the first held under a new electoral code, which introduced numerous improvements to the procedures in force during previous presidential, parliamentary and local elections.

Municipal elections were planned for 2006 and elections to the national parliament for the following year.

Noting that the Belarusian authorities have decided to hold local elections on 14 January 2007, and expressing its hope that those will be free and fair, in full respect of international electoral standards,

While the elections were initially seen as a success, major flaws of the Election Commission were discovered after a post electoral audit.

This includes the right to vote in all elections, public referenda and to be eligible to all publicly elected bodies or positions.

7. Reiterates the importance of the implementation of the timetable of the Joint Electoral Management Body for parliamentary and local elections scheduled for the spring of 2005

A key element of the last election, in 2001, was the participation of more than 70 per cent of the electorate.

In a few weeks, general elections will be held throughout the country to select the nation's elected representatives at all levels.

We want transparent elections in which the candidates elected will not be challenged.

During the electoral period, the Office of Public Information would, in close cooperation with the Electoral Assistance Division, significantly expand its coverage of the electoral process.

Communal elections were held on 3 June 2005, with over 70 per cent of the registered voters voting for municipal councillors.

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Voters were able to exercise their franchise freely, despite a tense pre election period.

It also established, with the Electoral Commission of Panama, the International Service of Electoral News, a web based subscriber news service dedicated to worldwide electoral news.

The Electoral Assistance Division provided an electoral management adviser as well as other experts to the new, post independence electoral management body of Timor Leste, the Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral (STAE).

When adopted, the constitution and the electoral law will provide the framework for the upcoming elections.

The Council looks forward to the holding of parliamentary and local elections in Afghanistan in the spring of 2005.

Constitutional and legal rights of active and passive election

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.

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.

Preparations are under way to help organize presidential, legislative and local elections in the third quarter of 2005.

An electoral needs assessment mission was conducted by the Electoral Assistance Division in April 2004 to coincide with the inauguration of the National Elections Commission.

Political options not being taken, the above budget is calculated on the basis of the assumption of five votes (referendum, local elections, legislative and presidential of two ballots) at the rate of 28 million electors grouped in 40,000 ballot stations for 700 electors per station and 3,111 electors per enrolment centre.

The last of the constitutionally mandated elections, at the colline level, were conducted successfully on 23 September.

(b) Given the similar nature of the election of judges of the International Court of Justice and the election of judges of the International Tribunal, it was decided at the time of the previous elections of judges in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2001 to follow similar election procedures in the General Assembly.

During the election period, ISAF participated in the Afghan electoral management structure with planners embedded in the Strategic Security Group, Election Information Group and Electoral Security Operation Centre.

Civil society and the media played a very positive role in the overall electoral process before, during and after the elections.

(c) Voter registration in preparation for the forthcoming elections

The Electoral Assistance Division facilitates and coordinates the activities of the international community in support of the electoral process and advises on and supports the Independent Electoral Commission in the preparation and organization of voter registration, the holding of the referendum and the legislative and presidential elections.

9. Calls upon the Assistance Mission and the Joint Electoral Management Body to provide sufficient training to the election personnel as well as voter and civic education, with a particular focus on women, before parliamentary and local elections