United Nations: the elections an important milestone in Iraq's progress towards democracy
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
16/02/2010
Nazim Yasin
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed his belief that the upcoming Iraqi elections will be "an important milestone in Iraq's progress towards democracy."
He added in the last quarterly report to the Security Council of the United Nations to VII of the March election will provide "an opportunity for millions of Iraqis to exercise their right to vote and elect a government that will shape the future of their country for the next four years," stressing the need to make every possible effort to ensure that voter turnout will be a broad and comprehensive as possible.
The Security Council requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations in its resolution number 1883 to a 2009 report to the Council every three months to fulfill the responsibilities of the OSCE mission to provide international assistance to Iraq. The recent report of the eighth of February is the second by Ban Ki-moon pursuant to that resolution.
As stated in paragraph sixty-sixth session of the new report that while it is still the technical preparations for the Iraqi elections going on, "there are still many challenges ahead of us crouched. First and foremost, we must be able to the electorate to vote in an environment largely free from intimidation and violence , "according to his words. In this regard, Ban Ki-moon said that armed groups may attempt to "violent attacks against civilians and government institutions in order to disrupt the electoral process."
He called on the Iraqi people to "non-conscientious, in the face of these criminal acts and others, to exercise their democratic rights," as he put it. It also urged the Government of Iraq and its security forces to redouble their efforts before Ballot to ensure that "elections in a peaceful atmosphere the maximum extent possible."
In the seventy-first paragraph of the report, the Secretary-General of the United Nations also hoped "that the emphasis shifts gradually, once a new government, to focus on accelerating the reconstruction and development." He added that in this regard, "the Iraqi people will expect to see more efficiency, accountability and transparency from their elected officials. If ordinary Iraqis saw improvement in their daily lives, we will begin to feel that their voices had an impact," as he put it.
Voters in democratic societies is one of the most important rights of citizens who choose their leaders and reflects either the acceptance or rejection of the policies of the executive or the political platforms of candidates from individuals and entities and blocs and parties. The knowledge of laws and citizen the right actions in the seasons of the election of the most important indicators of awareness required for sound democratic practices.
British writer of Egyptian origin Adel Darwish spoke to Radio Free Iraq on the part of these practices in countries where democracy has been established through centuries of time pointing out the importance of education that starts from an early age in school.
Speaking about another aspect of the electoral practices of sound democratic societies developed, Darwish pointed to the importance of the interaction between candidate and voter in addition to the educational activity is equivalent to what he described as tribal and sectarian pressures in countries such as Iraq has suffered decades of dictatorship.
In a telephone interview Tuesday, also responded to questions about media coverage of elections in democratic countries and the advanced professional role expected of the journalists and local media in this task through the stages of the voting process.
In follow-up prepared for the Iraq dossier story about the importance of voter education and awareness-raising mechanisms of the ballot, according to Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad Imad Jassim that citizens and professionals perceive poor knowledge of aspects of the electoral process, even among candidates vying for parliamentary seats.
Indeed, some lawmakers and politicians pointed to what they described as "ignorance of the real" for candidates in the voting mechanisms and methods of successful advocacy and prohibitions and surveys in the promotion advertising.
In this regard, MP in the current parliament and candidate for the forthcoming elections on Keywords that many of the candidates "do not have the slightest knowledge of the electoral code and details of the work of UNHCR and controls the voting And how to calculate the votes and so the legal and regulatory matters. "
He said in an interview with Radio Free Iraq, the importance of holding awareness seminars and counseling involving candidates in order to avoid violating campaign regulations.
For his part, Riaz said Husseini, director of administration in the (Solidarity) to monitor the elections and civil society organizations, he pointed to the need for the participation of candidates in the educational seminars. He noted that some of them had not seen the books and pamphlets tariff electoral process issued by the organizations and institutions concerned with the deployment of awareness in democratic practices is correct.
Saad al-Rawi, member of The Board of Commissioners in the Independent Higher Commission for Elections in Iraq has acknowledged the absence of electoral culture in the numbers of candidates, saying that some of these still asks for "a simple aspects of the work of UNHCR and mechanisms of voting and the method of calculating the votes," as he put it.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
16/02/2010
Nazim Yasin
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed his belief that the upcoming Iraqi elections will be "an important milestone in Iraq's progress towards democracy."
He added in the last quarterly report to the Security Council of the United Nations to VII of the March election will provide "an opportunity for millions of Iraqis to exercise their right to vote and elect a government that will shape the future of their country for the next four years," stressing the need to make every possible effort to ensure that voter turnout will be a broad and comprehensive as possible.
The Security Council requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations in its resolution number 1883 to a 2009 report to the Council every three months to fulfill the responsibilities of the OSCE mission to provide international assistance to Iraq. The recent report of the eighth of February is the second by Ban Ki-moon pursuant to that resolution.
As stated in paragraph sixty-sixth session of the new report that while it is still the technical preparations for the Iraqi elections going on, "there are still many challenges ahead of us crouched. First and foremost, we must be able to the electorate to vote in an environment largely free from intimidation and violence , "according to his words. In this regard, Ban Ki-moon said that armed groups may attempt to "violent attacks against civilians and government institutions in order to disrupt the electoral process."
He called on the Iraqi people to "non-conscientious, in the face of these criminal acts and others, to exercise their democratic rights," as he put it. It also urged the Government of Iraq and its security forces to redouble their efforts before Ballot to ensure that "elections in a peaceful atmosphere the maximum extent possible."
In the seventy-first paragraph of the report, the Secretary-General of the United Nations also hoped "that the emphasis shifts gradually, once a new government, to focus on accelerating the reconstruction and development." He added that in this regard, "the Iraqi people will expect to see more efficiency, accountability and transparency from their elected officials. If ordinary Iraqis saw improvement in their daily lives, we will begin to feel that their voices had an impact," as he put it.
Voters in democratic societies is one of the most important rights of citizens who choose their leaders and reflects either the acceptance or rejection of the policies of the executive or the political platforms of candidates from individuals and entities and blocs and parties. The knowledge of laws and citizen the right actions in the seasons of the election of the most important indicators of awareness required for sound democratic practices.
British writer of Egyptian origin Adel Darwish spoke to Radio Free Iraq on the part of these practices in countries where democracy has been established through centuries of time pointing out the importance of education that starts from an early age in school.
Speaking about another aspect of the electoral practices of sound democratic societies developed, Darwish pointed to the importance of the interaction between candidate and voter in addition to the educational activity is equivalent to what he described as tribal and sectarian pressures in countries such as Iraq has suffered decades of dictatorship.
In a telephone interview Tuesday, also responded to questions about media coverage of elections in democratic countries and the advanced professional role expected of the journalists and local media in this task through the stages of the voting process.
In follow-up prepared for the Iraq dossier story about the importance of voter education and awareness-raising mechanisms of the ballot, according to Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad Imad Jassim that citizens and professionals perceive poor knowledge of aspects of the electoral process, even among candidates vying for parliamentary seats.
Indeed, some lawmakers and politicians pointed to what they described as "ignorance of the real" for candidates in the voting mechanisms and methods of successful advocacy and prohibitions and surveys in the promotion advertising.
In this regard, MP in the current parliament and candidate for the forthcoming elections on Keywords that many of the candidates "do not have the slightest knowledge of the electoral code and details of the work of UNHCR and controls the voting And how to calculate the votes and so the legal and regulatory matters. "
He said in an interview with Radio Free Iraq, the importance of holding awareness seminars and counseling involving candidates in order to avoid violating campaign regulations.
For his part, Riaz said Husseini, director of administration in the (Solidarity) to monitor the elections and civil society organizations, he pointed to the need for the participation of candidates in the educational seminars. He noted that some of them had not seen the books and pamphlets tariff electoral process issued by the organizations and institutions concerned with the deployment of awareness in democratic practices is correct.
Saad al-Rawi, member of The Board of Commissioners in the Independent Higher Commission for Elections in Iraq has acknowledged the absence of electoral culture in the numbers of candidates, saying that some of these still asks for "a simple aspects of the work of UNHCR and mechanisms of voting and the method of calculating the votes," as he put it.