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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March, 419 c1031W, on Afghanistan, if he will list the (a) names and (b) locations of voter registration offices (i) already open in Afghanistan and (ii) due to open in Afghanistan before the...

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Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Written questions

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1 April 2004

For answer on

19 April 2004

Answered on

19 April 2004

Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2004, Official Report, column 1031W, on Afghanistan (1) if he will list the (a) names and (b) locations of voter registration offices (i) already open in Afghanistan and (ii) due to open in Afghanistan before the September 2004 elections, broken down by province; [166123] (2) how many people (a) have been registered to vote in the Afghan September 2004 elections since 1 December 2003 and (b) the voter registration offices will aim to register by the Afghan September 2004 elections; [166124] (3) what assessment he has made of the (a) effects of the change in date of the Afghan presidency and parliamentary elections from June 2004 to September 2004 and (b) the reasons for the change. [166125] Mr. Mike O'Brien: Since the start of the registration process the UN has opened 232 registration sites in 8 regional centres (Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Herat, Konduz, Jalalbad, Mazer, Bamiyan). Many of these have now closed, having registered voters in their particular area. Voters are currently registering at 83 offices in these 8 regional centres. The UN hopes to have used a total of 5040 registration centres across the country by August. No breakdown by province is currently available. Up to 14 April, 1,812,815 people have been registered since December 2003. The UN hopes to register 10 million voters by September 2004. The Afghan presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in September 2004 in order to allow sufficient time for voter registration and other electoral preparations in a country whose infrastructure and human capital have been decimated by three decades of conflict. I remember attending voter registration for the Loya Jirga elections last year at the football stadium in Mazar-e-Sharif and 1 was very impressed with the enthusiasm of the many people who were queuing to register--they wanted to vote.

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19 April 2004

Reference

420 c330-1W; 166123;166124;166125

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House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Interim Election Commission, the Joint Electoral Coordination Office and the Coalition intend to address the effects of (a) cultural barriers to female participation, (b) low literacy rates and (c) the current number of electoral registration offices outside...

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Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

25 March 2004

Reference

419 c1031W;419 c1033W; 162928

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House of Commons

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