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Foreword
Acronyms
Annual overview report for 2004/05 - E/2005/63
Provisional summary record of the 60th meeting - E/1995/SR.60
Organization and methods
Staff mobility
One United Nations (Box 3.2)
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| Box 3.2: Electoral assistance |
The UN Interdepartmental Framework for Coordination on Early Warning and Preventive Action (“Framework Team”) brings together the various parts of the UN system to devise strategies for consolidating peace, building on national and civil society efforts in the field. The Framework Team has been instrumental in initiating and coordinating early preventive action among a large number of UN bodies. It serves as a “gearbox” between the field and Headquarters, channelling early warning information and suggestions on preventive and pre-emptive measures to the appropriate forums and decision making bodies. It utilizes existing tools, such as UN CCAs, UNDAFs and PRSPs, and builds on specific conflict prevention programmes that may be taking shape at the country level. A main concern of the UN Country Teams is to ensure that initiatives developed under the Framework Team have the necessary support of national governments and local authorities. The United Nations Department of Political Affairs (UN-DPA) serves as the first formal contact point for receiving requests for electoral assistance. The Electoral Assistance Division of UN-DPA assists in evaluating these requests, coordinates the provision of electoral assistance by the UN system and ensures a consistent application of standards for the duration of a given project. The Department collaborates with UNDP, whose field presence facilitates timely responses to electoral assistance requests and the mobilization of resources to meet them. Other UN partners include the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Volunteers Programme (UNV), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN-DPKO), when peacekeeping missions have an electoral component. |
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