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Ongoing Activities

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AFRICA

  • In December 2007 we sent a Commonwealth Observer Group to observe elections in Kenya
  • In February 2007 we sent a Commonwealth Expert Team to observe elections in Lesotho
  • In April 2007 we sent a Commonwealth Observer Group to observe elections in Nigeria
  • In July 2007 we sent a Commonwealth Observer Group to observe national elections in Sierra Leone
  • In July 2008 we sent a Commonwealth Expert Team to Sierra Leone for the local government elections
  • In September 2008 we sent a Commonwealth Expert Team to observe elections in Swaziland
  • In December 2008 we observed the parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana.

ASIA

  • In August 2007, we sent a Commonwealth Expert team to observe a referendum in Maldives
  • In October 2008 we observed the Presidential elections in Maldives
  • In December 2008 we observed the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh

CARIBBEAN

  • In February 2008, we sent a Commonwealth Expert team to observe the elections in Belize
  • In March 2009 we sent a Commonwealth Expert Team to observe the parliamentary elections in Antigua and Barbuda

PACIFIC

  • In June 2008, we collaborated with the Pacific Islands Forum in observing elections in Papua New Guinea