Preparations for Afghan presidential run-off in full swing, UN mission reports
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 22 October 2009 - The UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) reports that preparations by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) for a second round are now in full swing. Ballot papers have been printed and delivered, polling stations kits have been packed and distribution will begin today. The Mission asserts that the United Nations will offer every support to Afghanistan's electoral institutions to learn from the experience of the first round, to ensure that we have a credible final result that is accepted and faithfully reflects the will of the people. Afghanistan's voters deserve nothing less. In this critical period of the electoral process, the Secretary-General has decided to temporarily dispatch Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Director of the Asia and Middle East Division in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to Afghanistan to work with Kai Eide as the Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs, ad interim. Mr. Weisbrod-Weber will be arriving shortly in Afghanistan for approximately two months. News story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32672&Cr=afghan&Cr1= UNAMA website: http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741
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