NDI team coming to monitor JS polls
Thursday, 25 December 2008
A 33-member-strong international observer delegation of the Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) arrives in the city shortly for monitoring the crucial December 29 parliamentary elections, reports UNB.
The delegation is co-led by former US ambassador in Bangladesh Howard B Schaffer and former Member of Parliament and ex-leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada Audrey McLaughlin, an NDI announcement in Dhaka said Wednesday.
It said the delegation included political and civic leaders, regional and election experts, media specialists and human rights activists from 10 countries in Asia, Europe and North America.
Among the delegation leaderships are also Larry Garber, former US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director for West Bank/Gaza, and Peter Manikas, senior associate and director for Asia Programme at NDI.
The delegation is co-led by former US ambassador in Bangladesh Howard B Schaffer and former Member of Parliament and ex-leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada Audrey McLaughlin, an NDI announcement in Dhaka said Wednesday.
It said the delegation included political and civic leaders, regional and election experts, media specialists and human rights activists from 10 countries in Asia, Europe and North America.
Among the delegation leaderships are also Larry Garber, former US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director for West Bank/Gaza, and Peter Manikas, senior associate and director for Asia Programme at NDI.