The center´s mission will include more than 50 observers representing 27 nations, according to a press statement availed by Carter Center on Thursday. [break]
Carter, Dr. Sathirathai, and the Carter Center leadership team is scheduled to meet with key stakeholders, political parties, independent candidates, civil society organizations, government officials, and the international community, and will observe polling and counting on November 19 to 21.
The Carter Center is observing Nepal´s CA election at the written invitation of the Election Commission of Nepal and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi. Working to build peace in Nepal since 2003, the center observed the country´s first CA election in 2008, and then conducted long-term political and constitutional monitoring until June 2013.
The center´s observation mission is conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and Code of Conduct for International Election Observers that was adopted by the United Nations in 2005 and has been endorsed by more than 40 election observation groups.
The center assesses the electoral process based on Nepal´s national legal framework and its obligations for democratic elections contained in regional and international agreements.
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