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DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION AND CODE OF CONDUCT FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS

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Endorsing Organizations (54) as of 2024

  • African Union (AU)
  • Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF)
  • Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
  • Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials (ACEEEO)
  • CANADEM
  • Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians (CAFP)
  • The Carter Center
  • Center for Electoral Promotion and Assistance (CAPEL)
  • Committee for Open Democracy
  • Committee of the Regions of the European Union
  • Community of Democracies (CoD)
  • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch (CPA UK)
  • Commonwealth Secretariat
  • The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
  • Council of Europe European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
  • Council of the European Union
  • Creative Associates
  • Democracy International (DI)
  • Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  • Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)
  • Election-Watch.EU
  • European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES)
  • European Commission
  • European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO)
  • European Parliament
  • European Parliament Former Members Association (FMA)
  • Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)
  • Gender Concerns International
  • Global Democracy Initiative (GDI)
  • Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (UNIORE)
  • International Center of Analytical Monitoring of Political and Election Processes (ICAM)
  • International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
  • International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
  • International IDEA
  • International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)
  • Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  • International Republican Institute (IRI)
  • League of Arab States
  • National Democratic Institute (NDI)
  • Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights (NORDEM)
  • Observatory of Democracy of the MERCOSUR Parliament (ODPM)
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR)
  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)
  • Pacific Islands, Australia & New Zealand Electoral Administrators’ Association (PIANZEA)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • Pan-African Parliament
  • Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
  • Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF)
  • Sustainable Development Group International (SDGI)
  • United Nations Secretariat
  • United States Association of Former Members of Congress (USAFMC)
  • Westminster Foundation for Democracy

This list is for public information purposes and is not part of the Declaration of Principles. The Declaration and the accompanying Code of Conduct remain open for endorsement by other intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organizations. Notice of endorsements may be sent to the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division.

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