The United Nations is to send an electoral observer mission to Burundi to monitor the east African country’s 2015 elections and will start working on Jan. 1, 2015, a spokesman of the UN Office in Burundi told Xinhua Thursday.
“At the Burundian government request, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to send an electoral observer mission to Burundi to monitor the country’s elections due in 2015. The mission will start working as of January 1 next year (2015),” said BNUB Spokesman Vladimir Monteiro.
According to Monteiro, the BNUB is ending its mandate in the east African nation as of December 31 this year as it was decided by the UN Security Council in February 2014.
He said, “Even though the BNUB is closing its office on Dec. 31, 2014, the UN will stay in Burundi via the UN country team.”
Monteiro indicated that some of the responsibilities of the BNUB will be transferred to the national authority and international partners working in Burundi or the UN country team represented by UN agencies working in Burundi.
“We are satisfied with the work by the BNUB because we have been really engaged with Burundian authorities and other stakeholders in the implementation of the mandate of the BNUB,” said Monteiro.
He indicated that some of the achievements include the creation of a dialogue process that led to the adoption of the roadmap to Burundi’s 2015 elections, the signing of an electoral code of conduct by all political parties and political actors, and the particular implication of Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Burundi Parfait Onanga-Anyanga in making sure that the electoral process is conducted in a peaceful, fair and in inclusive way.
In 2015, Burundi will organize five polls in a four-month period between May and September, with the presidential election taking place on June 26.
“At the Burundian government request, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to send an electoral observer mission to Burundi to monitor the country’s elections due in 2015. The mission will start working as of January 1 next year (2015),” said BNUB Spokesman Vladimir Monteiro.
According to Monteiro, the BNUB is ending its mandate in the east African nation as of December 31 this year as it was decided by the UN Security Council in February 2014.
He said, “Even though the BNUB is closing its office on Dec. 31, 2014, the UN will stay in Burundi via the UN country team.”
Monteiro indicated that some of the responsibilities of the BNUB will be transferred to the national authority and international partners working in Burundi or the UN country team represented by UN agencies working in Burundi.
“We are satisfied with the work by the BNUB because we have been really engaged with Burundian authorities and other stakeholders in the implementation of the mandate of the BNUB,” said Monteiro.
He indicated that some of the achievements include the creation of a dialogue process that led to the adoption of the roadmap to Burundi’s 2015 elections, the signing of an electoral code of conduct by all political parties and political actors, and the particular implication of Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Burundi Parfait Onanga-Anyanga in making sure that the electoral process is conducted in a peaceful, fair and in inclusive way.
In 2015, Burundi will organize five polls in a four-month period between May and September, with the presidential election taking place on June 26.
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