Forum mission to monitor Nauru election
PRESS STATEMENT (30/07)
23rd April 2008 Forum mission to monitor Nauru’s Elections The Pacific Islands Forum will send two observers to monitor the general election in Nauru on 26th April. This follows a request from the government of Nauru. “The Forum is committed to working with Nauru towards a peaceful and lawful resolution of the present political crisis,” Peter Forau, Acting Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat said today. “The deployment of Forum election observers provides a demonstration of the region’s support for a credible election and the return of stable parliamentary government in Nauru,” Mr Forau said. The Forum mission will consist of Mrs Makurita Baaro, former Chief Secretary and Secretary to the Cabinet of Kiribati, and Ms Shennia Spillane from the Forum Secretariat. Both were members of the Forum Election Observer Team to the August 2007 general elections in Nauru. The return mission will observe the election and the formation of government with a view to offering any revised or additional recommendations to those made by the Team in 2007. The mission will arrive on Nauru on 25 April and will remain until 2 May. ENDS. For more information please contact, Ms Shennia Spillane, the Forum's Legal Adviser on phone 679 331 2600 or email shennias@forumsec.org.fj |
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