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News from Nepal & New York: Nepal CA Election April 10, 2008
One Hundred Thousand Observers to be Deployed by 138 National and 28 International Groups
Members of National Election Monitaring Alliance (NEMA) in Gulmi. Photo courtesy: Khadgabir Thapa Magar
New York, Kathmandu, April 8, 2008- A total of 166 national and international organizations and institutes are deploying approximately one hundred thousand observers during Nepal's first Constitutional Assembly (CA) election which is slated to be held on April 10, 2008. Nepal’s government is spending approx. 3 billion Nepalese rupees in preparation for this historic election day. This is the first time that so many organizations are monitoring an election in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the Nepalese Election Commission (EC) is deploying 240 thousand pollsters for its 20,888 poll stations in 240 constituencies of Nepal's 75 districts.
The Nepal Government has already dispatched 135 thousand police officers to the polling areas to provide security to ensure a free, fair and secure election.
The Election Commission reported it has granted permission to 43 national level orgs, 95 district level orgs and 28 international orgs and institutes to monitor the election process.
United States President, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chairman of the Carter Center Jimmy Carter, is leading 60 international observers from 20 different nations. The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is deploying 90 of its observers.
Other international organizations include:
Forum Asia, Universal Human Rights Network, The Asia Foundation, European Union, The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI, Wash. DC, USA), The Researchers (Pakistan), Unraggiodiluce (Italy) , South Asia Foundation, US Embassy, International Foundation for Election System (IFES), (USA), The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group, USA), South Asia Forum for Fair Election (India), The Socialist International (UK), South Asia Partnership (SAP, Nepal), Canadian Embassy, British Embassy, French Embassy, Malaysian Embassy, Japanese Embassy, Finland Embassy, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Australian Embassy, Bangladesh Embassy, Royal Thai Embassy, Tevel b'Tzedek (Israel), and the Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh.
Regional Coordinators of National Election Monitoring Alliance (NEMA) in Gulmi. Khadgabir Thapa Magar (right), coordinator for Gulmi-1.
From Nepal, the National Election Monitoring Alliance (NEMA) which is an alliance of 14 non-governmental, civil and social organizations, is deploying the largest number of observers, 20,000.
Another large organization, the National Election Observation Committee (NEOC) has invited almost 100 international observers along with the mobilization of more than 14,000 domestic observers in all 75 districts.
The Democracy and Election Alliance Nepal (DEAN) is mobilizing approximately 12,000 volunteers for the CA Election by observing and monitoring the process.
In this context, it should be mentioned that The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has appointed nine international advisors in the Electoral Assistance Office headquarters provide technical assistance to the EC. In each of the five development regions, two UN international advisers provide assistance to the EC's Regional Resource Centers. They also coordinate the work of UNMIN's 70 international District Electoral Advisors and 70 national language assistants, who have been deployed in all the districts.
-Pradeep Thapa Magar. Comments? 551-358-7726
निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षणका लागि अनुमति पाएका अन्य राष्ट्रिय संस्थाहरुको नामावली यस प्रकार छ:
मतदाता संघ, नेपाल, राष्ट्रिय निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षण समिति नेपाल, गैरसरकारी संस्था महासंघ नेपाल, मानवअधिकार तथा शान्ति प्रतिष्ठान (माशप्र) नेपाल, लोकतान्त्रिक प्रेश क्लब, राष्ट्रिय वातावरण तथा स्वास्थ्य अध्ययन केन्द्र, नेपाल वार एशोसियसन, नेपाल अपाङ्ग तथा असहाय सशक्तीकरण केन्द्र, आम निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षण समिति नेपाल (जिईओसी), संविधानसभा निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षण संयुक्त मञ्च, संविधानसभा निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षण संयुक्त मञ्च, राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार तथा सामाजिक न्याय मञ्च (मानवअधिकार एलाइन्स), शान्ति स्वतन्त्रता र विकासका लागि प्रयास, इलाम विकास परिषद्, प्रजातान्त्रिक बिचार समाज, महिला तथा वातावरण परिषद्, अधिकार संरक्षण तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र नेपाल, मानव अधिकार शिक्षा रेडियो श्रोता क्लव राष्ट्रिय समिति (रिलेक-नेपाल), राष्ट्रिय दलित महासंघ-नेपाल, सामुदायिक विकास तथा सरोकार केन्द्र, न्यूज क्लव अफ नेपाल, मानव अधिकार तथा सञ्चार अभियान, समावेशी जागरण अभियान छन्।
त्यसैगरी, राष्ट्रिय निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षणका लागि महिला आयाम (नयाँ आयाम), मानवीय तथा पूर्वाधार विकास केन्द्र, सशस्त्र द्वन्द्वमा परेका बालबालिकाको संरक्षणका लागि साझेदारी (पिपिसीसी), सामुदायिक विकास तथा चेतना केन्द्र (कोडाक-नेपाल), राष्ट्रिय श्रम तथा जनचेतना अभियान नेपाल, कर्णाली एकीकृत ग्रामीण विकास तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र, खानेपानी तथा सरसफाइ उपभोक्ता महासंघ-नेपाल, फ्रेण्डस सर्भिस काउन्सिल नेपाल, कर्न्र्सन नेपाल (बालबालिका तथा वातावरण सरोकार), एकीकृत सामुदायिक विकास अभियान, ग्रामीण विकास सरोकार केन्द्र, मानव अधिकार, वातावरण तथा सुशासनका लागि कानूनी अभियान, संविधान सभा सफलता सरोकार समूह, अंकूर-नेट, मधेशी दलित विकास महासंघ, नेपाल बुद्धिजीवी परिषद्, महिला विकास स्वरोजगार प्रशिक्षण केन्द्र, मानव अधिकार संरक्षण तथा शान्तिका लागि साझा अभियान (सिएचआरपी-नेपाल) छन्।
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