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Electoral
Expert Monitoring Team leaves Nepal
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Kathmandu
25 June 2007 (UN News)
The
United Nations Electoral Expert Monitoring Team (EEMT), established under
the mandate of the Security Council resolution 1740, left Nepal after completing
the first of a number of visits.
The
five-member team is comprised of Dr. Rafael Lopez-Pintor, the team leader
(Spain), Ayman Ayoub (Syria), Stefanie Lüethy (Switzerland), Antonio
Reis (Brazil), and Bong-Scuk Sohn (Republic of Korea).
During
its 2 weeks visit, the five-member team held a wide range of introductory
meetings with national as well as international actors to gather information
and listen to their views related to the electoral process, and to explain
its role. In addition to meetings in the capital, members of the EEMT travelled
to Biratnagar, Bhojpur and Kavrepalanchowk. They met with the Prime Minister,
the Peace Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Industry,
the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislature-Parliament, election
Commission Commissioners and staff, political party leaders, civil society
organizations and national and international electoral observers groups.
Appointed
by the Secretary-General, members of the EEMT are responsible for assessing
the electoral process on a regular basis in order to determine whether
it is proceeding in a manner which will lead to a result that accurately
reflects the will of the Nepalese people.
The
EEMT reports to the Secretary-General on the conduct of the election. The
Secretary-General will share reports of the EEMT with the Government of
Nepal. The EEMT is not a part of UNMIN. It operates separately from the
UNMIN Electoral Assistance Office, which provides technical assistance
to the Elections Commission.
Source:
United Nations News Service 2007
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