Dispatch of Japan's Election Observers for Tanzania's Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

October 26, 2005

The Government of Japan has decided to dispatch three officials of the Japanese Embassy in Tanzania to join the international election observers for Tanzania's Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for October 30 (Sun).
These elections will be the third since a multi-party system was introduced in 1992 and have an important meaning in promoting democratization and establishing good governance in Tanzania.
These elections will be observed by a group of international election observers mainly coordinated by the local office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in response to a request of the National Electoral Commission of Tanzania. The Japanese observers will join the group.
The Government of Japan has already donated about 44 million yen to Tanzania as a Funding Contribution to the Permanent National Voters' Register by purchasing materials for register cards prepared for about 16 million eligible voters in that country.

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