1 Election Observation Mission of the African Union
AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 011-551 7700 Fax: 011-551 7844 website: www.au.int ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 23 FEBRUARY 2018 IN THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI ARRIVAL STATEMENT Djibouti, February 17, 2018 – H. E Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) has sent an AU Election Observation Mission to the legislative elections of February 23, 2018 in the Republic of Djibouti. The Election Observation Mission of the African Union is led by His Excellency Mr. Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. The Mission has 38 members. It is composed of Ambassadors accredited to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Pan-African Parliamentarians, Heads of institutions in charge of elections and members of organizations of the African Civil Society. The observers, members of this Mission, are drawn from 22 African countries, including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Republic Democratic Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Chad, Togo and Tunisia. The AU mission is expected to observe the electoral process under way in Djibouti, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which entered into force on 15 February 2012, the Declaration of OAU / AU on Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa AHG / Decl.1 (XXXVIII) and AU Guidelines for Election Observation and Monitoring Missions as well as the Constitution and Laws of the Republic of Djibouti.
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