| Subject: LUSA: More than 2,100 Foreign ,
Local Observers to Monitor Sunday Vote
see also: UNDP's Election Observer links http://www.undp.east-timor.org/election%20obervers%202002.htm 10 Apr 02 12:29 East Timor: More than 2,100 Foreign , Local Observers to Monitor Sunday Vote Nearly 400 foreign observers will join more than 1,800 East Timorese in monitoring the territory´s presidential election Sunday, according to figures released Wednesday by electoral officials in Dili. Officials said the high number of local observers, representing 74 non-governmental organizations, appeared to reflect a growing interest on the part of civil society in accompanying the political process. One of the largest contingents among the 375 international observers from 42 countries will come from Portugal, which sends 33. SAS/ASP -Lusa- © 1997 Lusa Comentários e Sugestões para Agência Lusa Back to April menu Note: For those who would like to fax "the powers that be" - CallCenter is a Native 32-bit Voice Telephony software application integrated with fax and data communications... and it's free of charge! Download from http://www.v3inc.com/ |