Presidential and local council elections
Following an invitation from the Government of Yemen, the European Union has established an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to observe the sixth multi-party elections held in Yemen since its unification in 1990. The elections are scheduled to take place on 26 september 2006. The EU EOM was deployed on 12 August 2006 and undertook observation in all 21 governorates of Yemen.
EU EOM conduct a comprehensive, independent, factual, an impartial observation of the pre-election, election day and post-election phasis. They present publically to the country authorities a Preliminary Statement after the initial announcent of results and a final comprehensive report at the termination of the electoral process. Often the largest international observation mission, EU EOM are made off a comprehensive team of observers and supporting staff and entail a Core Team (CT), Long Term Observers (LTO) and Short Term Observers(STO) deployed all over the country, including in remote areas.
