Otra cosa ¿quién lidera la misión EU para monitorizar las elecciones afganas...? Un tal Philippe Morillon...famoso general (R) francés de los tristes tiempos de UNPROFOR...si es que los hay que no se bajan del machito ni con aguarrás.
EU to deploy 100 monitors for Afghan polls
1 day ago
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Union will deploy about 100 observers in Afghanistan to help monitor presidential and provincial elections in August, the bloc's executive arm said Monday.
Seventeen experts arrived in the insurgency-hit country in early July.
They will be joined by others "to assess the campaign period and pre-election preparations around the country, and the voting, counting and the tabulation of results," the European Commission said in a statement.
The EU mission for the August 20 polls will be led by European lawmaker Philippe Morillon, the former French general who commanded UN forces in Bosnia in 1992-93.
Protection for the monitors is to be provided by private security firms and the Afghan police, and if necessary soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
A commission spokeswoman said the observers would be deployed regionally, but experts consider it unlikely that they will watch over the polls across the country, particularly in the strife-torn south.
The Taliban militia and its backers among Al-Qaeda and criminal gangs are waging a tenacious battle against ISAF and US forces, particularly in the south and east, and their attacks are likely to rise as the elections approach.




 
 
