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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development: Burma/Myanmar Elections Preliminary Findings
(Yangon, 10 November 2015) From 2-10 November 2015, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its Thai member, the People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) conducted an election observation mission in Yangon, Burma/Myanmar […]
• • •ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ ၂၀၁၅ ပါတီစုံ အေထြေထြေရြးေကာက္ပဲြ ေအာင္ျမင္စြာက်င္းပျပီးစီးသည့္အေပၚ ထုတ္ျပန္ေၾကညာခ်က္
သေဘာထားေၾကညာခ်က္ ျမန္မာဘာသာကို ဤေနရာတြင္ ေဒါင္းလုပ္ရယူႏိုင္ပါသည္။
• • •APHR Statement on Myanmar Election
As parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia, we congratulate the people of Myanmar on their participation in a peaceful and historic vote, and we look forward to welcoming our newly elected colleagues from Myanmar as partners in the realization of a truly people-centered ASEAN Community […]
• • •UNFC Statement on 2015 General Election Result
1. We would like to mention that we have to put on record and express our special thanks to the government led by President U Thein Sein for holding a free and reasonably transparent general election on November 8, 2015, and the people of all the nationalities, who have eagerly cast their ballots. We, the UNFC, recognize, take pride and are delighted for the National League for Democracy (NLD), which has achieved substantive victory and all the ethnic political parties and the representatives […]
• • •A well-run, Competitive Election with Legal Reforms and Procedural Improvements Remaining
YANGON 10 November 2015 – “The 2015 general elections are a historic juncture in the democratic transition of Myanmar. The poll was well organised and voters had a real choice between different candidates. In the future, constitutional, legal and procedural improvements will be required for truly genuine elections”, summarised Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) the Preliminary Statement of the mission
today in a press conference in Yangon […]
David Cameron has Made a Statement Following the First Free Elections in Burma, Calling them an Important Step Towards Democracy
“These landmark elections are an important step towards democracy in Burma and a triumph for Burmese people, who have clearly voiced their desire for change […]
• • •Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Burmese National Elections
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today issued the following statement to congratulate the people of Burma on the country’s national elections […]
• • •Carter Center Congratulates Myanmar People on Election, Urges Key Democratic Reforms
YANGON — The Carter Center congratulates the people of Myanmar, who have exercised their political rights with pride and enthusiasm. Both on election day and in the preceding months, they participated as voters, observers, political party agents, election officials, and civil society activists […]
• • •U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Issued the Following Statement on Elections in Burma
“I congratulate the people of Burma for coming together on November 8 to participate peacefully in the country’s second nationwide parliamentary election since 2008. The election is an important milestone on the path towards democracy and political reform in Burma, but there is still a long way to go […]
• • •Preliminary Statement: A well-run Election Day and Competitive Polls Mark Myanmar’s Critical 2015 Elections, with Key Legal Reforms and Procedural Improvements still Required
Myanmar has embarked on a historic political reform process. The holding of competitive elections on 8 November 2015, contested by 91 parties and over 6,000 candidates, is an important milestone in the country’s democratic transition. On Election Day, EU observers reported that the voters of Myanmar turned out in large numbers and calmly cast their votes in a generally well-run polling process, with secrecy of the vote respected […]
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