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Limited U.N. Role Hinders Iraq Vote: Security in Crisis, Citizens Take Lead

Date: October 19, 2004
Authors: Robin Wright and Colum Lynch
ABSTRACT: The United Nations has failed to fully staff its operation in Iraq, imperiling the timing and quality of the elections there and forcing inexperienced Iraqis to take the lead in preparing for the country's first democratic balloting, due in January...

ABSTRACT: Iraqi elections planned for January 2005 may be hampered due to the lack of qualified U.N. officials to assist in organizing and running the country's first democratic elections. The U.S. had hoped the U.N. would provid a level of assistance comparable to what it provided to other transitioning nations throughout the world, but security concerns have led to the extraction of the majority of its staff. Currently, a seven-member Iraqi commission is charged with the task of running the election for more than 10 million people over 18 provinces with just four or five U.N. election experts.

--- O. Overman

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