Traduction de «régularité des élections » (Français → Anglais) :

The two-year term of office in the existing Indian Act election regime has the following serious limits and impacts: elected chiefs and councils, especially those that are new, do not have sufficient time or opportunity to learn their roles and responsibilities in the context in which they function; inadequate time for chiefs and councils to develop strategic community plans to implement actions and to assess performance against objectives; frequent elections impede the stability and consistency essential to good governance and are costly and extremely disruptive to program service delivery and business; difficulty in attracting outsi ...[+++]de business or other investments resulting in the loss of timely economic opportunities and loss of member confidence in their leaders; no provisions that balance the interests of on- reserve and off-reserve members; and a loose nomination process and few stipulations surrounding candidacy for Indian Act elections.

G. whereas there is still serious concern about developments in Russia with regard to democracy, human rights, the independence of the judiciary, increased state control of the media, the inability of the police and judicial authorities to find those responsible for the murders of journalists and human rights defenders, the repressive measures taken against the opposition, the selective application of the law by the authorities and the fairness of elections, including the regional and local elections held on 11 October 2009; whereas the Russian Federation is a full member of the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Co ...[+++]operation in Europe (OSCE) and has therefore committed itself to the principles of democracy and respect for human rights; and whereas the European Parliament's 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to the Russian civil rights defence organisation Memorial and its representatives,

G. whereas there is still serious concern about developments in Russia with regard to democracy, human rights, the independence of the judiciary, increased state control of the media, the inability of the police and judicial authorities to find those responsible for the murders of journalists and human rights defenders, the repressive measures taken against the opposition, the selective application of the law by the authorities and the fairness of elections, including the regional and local elections held on 11 October 2009; whereas the Russian Federation is a full member of the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and C ...[+++]ooperation in Europe (OSCE) and has therefore committed itself to the principles of democracy and respect for human rights; and whereas the European Parliament's 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to the Russian civil rights defence organisation Memorial and its representatives,

It notes that international observation can play an important role in complementing domestic efforts to ensure fairness and transparency, and in reflecting their success to the wider international community, and underlines its readiness to assist in this regard in future elections, should it be invited to do so.

Nevertheless, the European Union wishes to underline the willingness of the Dominican authorities to guarantee to the elections the greatest transparency and fairness and invites all the parties involved to do their utmost in order for the elections to take place regularly and in a climate of national unity.

Election monitoring: Through its 1993 regional democracy programme, Tacis funded a project to monitor the fairness of the campaigning in the run-up to the constitutional, federal and regional elections in Russia on December 12 last year.