It is offered to all voters in all federal, provincial, and most municipal elections.

Only last week, the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections were confirmed.

The presidential elections were successfully conducted in 2004 and the parliamentary and provincial elections are due to be held on 18 September 2005.

Ms. Juul (Norway) Norway welcomes the successful holding of the parliamentary and provincial elections in Afghanistan.

Building on the success of the 2004 presidential elections, the 18 September parliamentary and provincial elections represent a significant achievement and important milestone for Afghanistan.

The benchmarks will be completed later in the year, following parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for September 2005.

Ten per cent of the candidates in the parliamentary and provincial council elections in September 2005 were women.

Around 6,200 candidates, including 629 women, were initially nominated for the parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for September 2005.

It is also playing a key role in helping to provide security for the forthcoming parliamentary and provincial elections.

Further increases in isolated violent incidents are expected with the approach of the National Assembly and provincial council elections.

Based on a late summer time frame, the cost of parliamentary and provincial elections is estimated at US 149 million.

In the provincial elections in January 1946, the League took 75 of the Muslim vote, an increase from 4.4 in 1937.

At present, in Afghanistan there is a Government that was elected in 2004 parliamentary and provincial elections took place in 2005.

Their struggles for recognition and participation in publicly held positions such as in Parliament, Municipal and Provincial elections have always been difficult.

The Security Council congratulates the people of Afghanistan on the confirmation of the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections.

Building on the successful experience during ISAF's support to the presidential elections, forces are being prepared to support the National Assembly and provincial council elections in support of the core Bonn Agreement objectives.

We welcome the parliamentary and provincial council elections of 18 September, which constitute an important milestone in the development of democracy in Afghanistan.

Elections to the general seats of the National and the Provincial Assemblies are held on the basis of first past the post system.

This exercise will be repeated with some reinforcement of the advocacy element, during the months leading up to the parliamentary and provincial elections.

For the first time since 1988, on 18 September 2005, parliamentary elections for the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People), the lower house of the Afghan National Assembly, and provincial council elections were held.

The State of Kuwait would like to congratulate the Afghan people on the confirmation of the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections.

NATO has provided additional forces to ensure a safe and secure environment for the National Assembly and provincial council elections scheduled for 18 September (see para.

Increased participation of women and of refugees will be necessary in order to ensure the successful process towards free and fair parliamentary, provincial and district elections.

Mr. Akram (Pakistan) With the successful holding of parliamentary and provincial council elections in September, Afghanistan has passed the last major milestone in the Bonn political process.

Provincial Europe

It was only last week that confirmation of the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections was received, thus marking the successful conclusion of the Bonn process.

The parliamentary and provincial elections held on 18 September the first in Afghanistan in more than 30 years marked important steps on Afghanistan's road to recovery, peace and stability.

The main challenges facing the new Government will be the coordination of policies between ministries, implementing President Karzai's ambitious agenda and preparing for upcoming parliamentary, provincial and district elections.

The provincial Women Development Departments (WDD)s assist it at the provincial level.

PA Provincial Assembly.

Building on that success, the United Nations will be assisting with the coming parliamentary and provincial elections, which had to be postponed until September 2005 owing to technical and financial difficulties.

A sufficient number of nominations were received from women candidates to fill their reserved quota of seats, except in provincial council elections in the three provinces of Nangarhar, Oruzgan and Zabol.

Mr. Ozawa (Japan) Our deliberations on this agenda item are very timely, especially since the results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections held on 18 September have just been confirmed.

Australia also warmly welcomes the democratic outcome of the September 2005 national and provincial elections and applauds the courage shown by all Afghans who took part, as candidates and as voters.

In Afghanistan, it could have meant instead of concentrating on the big presidential and parliamentary elections, we should have done what was in the Afghan constitution from the very beginning, which is to get direct local elections going at a district level and elect people's provincial governors.

The country s National Election Tribunal, having overturned the outcomes of several provincial elections, may well annul the results of last year s presidential race, forcing him to run for president all over again.

provincial inspectorates of police

2. Congratulates the people of Afghanistan on the parliamentary and provincial council elections on 18 September 2005, which have demonstrated the broad commitment of Afghan voters towards a democratic future for their country

Within the framework of the project, one national and three regional workshops on women's political participation were organized prior to the elections and transportation was provided to 10 provincial departments of women's affairs.

Women in Provincial Municipal Councils

In the political sphere, parliamentary and provincial council elections held on 18 September 2005 led to the completion of the Bonn process and demonstrated the broad commitment of Afghan voters towards a democratic future.

All the provincial governors are men.

The last elections for the three Provincial Assemblies, which also determine the composition of Congress, the legislative body of New Caledonia, were held on 9 May 2004, ending RPCR's 25 year domination of the Caledonian Government.

It comprises 54 members, consisting of 7 members of the Provincial Assembly of the Loyalty Islands, 15 of the Provincial Assembly of the North Province and 32 of the Provincial Assembly of the South Province.

The author was indicted by the First Chamber of the Provincial Court of Malaga (Sección Primera de la Audicencia Provincial de Malaga).