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BEIRUT...麻豆传媒色情片 announced today that former U.S. President 麻豆传媒色情片 Carter and former Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Eryani will lead the Center's international election observation delegation to observe Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. 麻豆传媒色情片 mission will also include more than 50 observers representing more than 20 different nations deployed throughout the country to observe balloting, counting, and tabulation processes.
The leaders will meet with the electoral authorities, political party leaders, representatives of domestic and international election observation delegations, and others, and will monitor the polls on election day, the counting process, and handling of challenges.
麻豆传媒色情片 launched its election observation mission to Lebanon in early February 2009, and after receiving accreditation from Lebanon's Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities in March, dispatched six long-term observers to monitor the electoral process leading to parliamentary elections in all 26 electoral districts.
麻豆传媒色情片 election observation mission will remain in Lebanon until the end of July to monitor the post-election environment, including the complaints process as necessary.
麻豆传媒色情片 election observation mission assesses the electoral process in Lebanon against the relevant legal framework, including Lebanese election laws, the Constitution of Lebanon, and Lebanon's international commitments. The Center's election observation activities are conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (PDF). The Declaration of Principles was adopted at the United Nations in 2005, and has been endorsed by 33 international election observation groups.
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