Raad van Europa stuurt waarnemers naar verkiezingen in Palestina (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van Europa (RvE), gepubliceerd op vrijdag 9 december 2005.

Strasbourg, 09.12.2005 - A delegation of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will visit the Palestinian Territories from 12 to 18 December, to observe the 4th round of local elections on Thursday 15 December.

The delegation will meet with Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei, President of the Palestinian Legislative Council Rawhi Fattouh, Minister of Local Government Khaled Qawasmi, Chairman of the Higher Commission for Local Elections Jamal Shobaki, as well as representatives of political parties and election candidates. Meetings are also scheduled with representatives of the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) and of the European Union, as well as with the ambassadors of several Council of Europe member states.

On Election Day, observer teams will visit polling stations in Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Jericho, and Gaza City, and will observe the counting process.

A press conference is scheduled for Friday 16 December at 1h30 pm at the Palestinian Media Center in Ramallah.

Contact:

Dmitri Marchenkov, Head of the Communication Unit of the Congress;

Tel: +333 88 41 38 44 ; mobile : +336 75 65 03 49; Email : dmitri.marchenkov@coe.int

The composition of the delegation:

Ömür AYBAR (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Joseph BORG (Malta, EPP/CD)

Luca CIRIANI (Italy, ILDG)

Brith FÄLDT (Sweden, SOC)

Wim van GELDER (Netherlands, EPP/CD)

Mehboob KHAN (United Kingdom, SOC)

Günther KRUG (Germany, SOC)

Britt-Mari LÖFGREN OLOVSSON (Sweden, ILDG)

Christopher NEWBURY (United Kingdom, EPP/CD)

Sean O'BRIEN (Ireland, SOC)

Lars O'MOLIN (Sweden, EPP/CD)

Tineke STRIK (Netherlands, SOC)

Press Contact

Council of Europe Press Division

Tel. +33 3 88 41 25 60  - Fax. +33 3 88 41 39 11

E-mail: PressUnit@coe.int

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