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EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Lebanon

Global Arab Network - - Adam Turner

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 00:45

An EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) is being deployed for the parliamentary elections in Lebanon due on 7 June 2009. The EU EOM will consist of some 90 observers and will be led by MEP José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Member, who also led the previous EU EOM to Lebanon in 2005.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, said: “I am confident that the forthcoming parliamentary elections will result in the formation of a stable government... I hope that the presence of European observers can contribute to ensuring that elections will take place in a transparent and credible manner and in accordance with international standards. They will represent yet another milestone in the strengthening of Lebanon’s democratic institutions."

An EC press release said the EOM Core Team consisting of the Chief Observer and nine experts arrived in Lebanon on 18 April. The EU has made available some €4.7 million from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for this mission. The European Commission is also working closely with Lebanon on the issue of electoral reform and has provided €4 million to support implementation of changes in the electoral law.

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