{"id":205353,"date":"2003-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205353"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:58:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:58:05","slug":"auto-insert-205353","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205353\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Electoral matters &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:16pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><\/p>\n<p>BY FRED ECKHARD<br \/>\nSPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<br \/>\nOF THE UNITED NATIONS<br \/>\nUN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Monday, April 28, 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&#160;&#160;\/&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN PROVIDES ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN BALLOTING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The UN Electoral Assistance Division, which is currently assisting close to 50 electoral processes worldwide, drew attention to the UN involvement in Yemen, where the country&#8217;s third parliamentary elections since unification in 1990 took place on Sunday. &#160;\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The UN Development Programme, which co-chaired with the Netherlands a project to provide technical assistance to the elections, reports that among its achievements was an increase in women&#39;s voter registration, with an increase in registration by Yemeni women by 100 percent from the previous elections. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Electoral Assistance Division took note of the fact that elections took place as scheduled, in spite of speculation that they might be postponed due to the uncertain security climate in Yemen stemming, in part, from the war in Iraq. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The process in Yemen attracted interest from electoral authorities in the region, including the Palestinian Central Election Commission. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>\/&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General<br \/>\nUnited Nations, S-378<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10017<br \/>\nTel. 212-963-7162 &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;press\/media only<\/strong><br \/>\nFax. 212-963-7055<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Monday, April 28, 2003 &#160;&#160;\/&#8230; 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