Blog | Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Center Staff Focus on Historic Sudan Elections
Feb. 12, 2010
Former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà met with Sudanese officials to urge peace and stability in the nation as it prepares for its first multi-party elections in 24 years in April, which Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ’s international election observation team will monitor. The meetings were part of a Feb. 9-12 tour of Sudan, to also encourage the country’s final push toward Guinea worm eradication.
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President Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà listens to concerns of opposition political party leaders gathered to meet him with their complaints report in Juba. Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà will observe Sudan's multi-party elections in April--the first in 24 years.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, with Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Center President and CEO Dr. John Hardman and a Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Center delegation, meets with the Southern Sudan High Elections Committee in Juba during his Feb. 9-12 tour of Southern Sudan.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà meets Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Democracy Program staff in Southern Sudan.
Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Center Democracy Program Director Dr. David Carroll (from left), Sudan Domestic Election Observation and Monitoring Programme (SuDEMOP) representative and election observer Lorna Merekaji, Democracy Program Assistant Director Sarah Johnson, and the Center's Domestic Observation Program Director Said Sanadiki discuss Sudan's upcoming multi-party elections at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's offices in Juba.
Zahra Said Ali, programme coordinator for SuNDE--the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections--presents a report on observations to Dr. Carroll, Dr. Hardman, and Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà delegation.