Wednesday, December 24, 2008

PAN AFRICAN PARLIMENT ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION BACK TO GHANA.



The Pan African Parliament (PAP) election observer mission has arrived in Ghana again for the Presidential run-off.


The team is led by Hon.Janguo Minshehe Said.The Mission who are based in Accra will address the press to update them on some of their activities during the run-off.


The mission is composed of twenty two parliamentarians from all five African regions and supported by eleven members of staff form the PAP secretariat and the Electoral Institute of South Africa causing reduction in human resource due to lack of commitment.


The Objective of the Pan African Parliament is to: promote the principles of human rights and democracy in Africa, encouraging good governance, transparency and accountability in member states and promoting peace, security and stability. The Mission which is based at the Holiday Inn hotel in Accra has its headquarters in Mirdrand, South Africa.


The Pan African Parliament was established in March 2004 by article 17 of the constitutive act of the African union as one of the nine organs provided for in establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja, Nigeria in 1991.

BY: MICHAEL FATHER AMEDOR

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