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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Observers arrive in Zimbabwe

5 February 2002

Commonwealth Observers to the presidential election in Zimbabwe will arrive in the country this week. A team of Commonwealth Secretariat staff members arrived in Harare today to begin preparations for the Observers. Making the announcement today, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon said, "I am pleased to have a team on the ground in Zimbabwe which will stay until the voting and counting in next month's election has been concluded."

The Secretariat team is led by the Director of the Political Affairs Division, Mr Jon Sheppard. It will seek meetings later this week with the electoral authorities, political parties, non-governmental organisations and others. It will also make arrangements for the Advance Group of Observers, all of whom are expected to be in Harare by Monday, 11 February. The main group of Commonwealth Observers will follow later this month.


02/09 5 February 2002

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