Chairperson of the African Union Commission has approved the deployment of African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the general elections scheduled to place in the Republic of Zambia on October 11, 2016.
The Short Term Mission will be headed by former  president Goodluck Jonathan, AU said in a statement.
The deployment will take place in two phases. The first phase which comprises the deployment of long term election experts from July 14 to 22 August 22 is made up of 10 observers. For the first time, the African Union long term experts include election/legal political/media/campaign analysts.
At the second phase of the Mission, the long term experts will to be joined by short term observers from the 1st to 15 August 2016.
The African Union Elections Observation Mission draws its mandate from various African Union instruments, most importantly: (a) the African Union Guidelines for Elections Observation and Monitoring Missions(2002); (b) the OUA/AU Declaration on Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa (2002); African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (1981) and (c) African Charter on Democracy among others.
Governance (2007), among others.
The objectives of the Mission is (a) to provide an accurate and
impartial reporting or assessment of the quality of the 25th October
General Elections in the United Republic of Tanzania, including the
degree to which the conduct of the elections meets regional,
continental and international standards for democratic elections; (b)
to offer recommendations for improvement of future elections based on
the findings; and, and (c) to demonstrate AU’s interest to support
Tanzania’s elections and democratisation process to ensure that the
conduct of genuine elections contributes to the consolidation of
democratic governance, peace and stability in Tanzania in particular
and the East African sub-region in general.

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