Resources
Election Reporting Resources:
sudanvotes.com subscribes to the IDEA draft code on media and elections.
Check also the "Reporter's Guide to Election Coverage",
the "Reporting Elections Broadcast Guidelines"
and "The Media and the Election Process Reference Material",
all endorsed by the UNESCO.
Also, see Miraya FM's Electoral Charter.
Official websites:
Government of National Unity (GoNU)
Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)
National Publications and Press Council
Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) support to the elections in Sudan
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
For constitutions, laws & treaties relevant to the elections as well as background information on debated issues and political parties' profiles click on the Electionnaire link.
Media Laws:
Government of Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Bill, 2008
Election Coverage Analysis:
Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC): Interim Media Monitoring Report 1
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 2
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 3
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 4
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 5
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 6
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 7
SMEC: Interim Media Monitoring Report 8
Civil Society Organisations:
Pre-Election Analysis:
Carter Center: Status of the Electoral Process in Sudan, August 2009
Chatham House: Decisions and Deadlines - A Critical Year for Sudan, January 2010
Conflict Dynamics International: National Elections and Political Accommodation in the Sudan, June 2009
Democracy Reporting International / University of Juba (ed.): Sudan - Assessment of the Electoral Framework, November 2009
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Implementing the CPA - The 2009 elections in Sudan and possbile contributions by the EU, February 2009
Heinrich Böll Foundation: Sudan - No Easy Ways Ahead, April 2010
Institute for Security Studies: Sudan at the Crossroads - Elections, Abyei and the Darfur Conflict, August 2009
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Electionguide Sudan
Medea Group: Sudan Elections Analysis, October 2009
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs: Imagining the Election, September 2009
National Endowment for Democracy: Towards Democratic Elections in Sudan, October 2009
Netherlands Institute for International Relations "Clingendael": Ticking the Box - Elections in Sudan, September 2009
Rift Valley Institute: Elections in Sudan - Learning from Experience, May 2009
Rift Valley Institute: Electoral Designs - Proportionality, representation and constituency boundaries in Sudan's 2010 elections, March 2010
Small Arms Survey: the Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik / Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze: Countdown in Sudan, January 2010
United States Agency for International Aid: An Assessment of USAID Election Support Options in Sudan, June 2008
United States Institute for Peace: Conducting Elections in Darfur, March 2009
Post-Election Analysis:
African Union (AU): Preliminary Statement of the AU observer mission, 18th April 2010
Carter Center: Election Observation Mission Preliminary Statement, 17th April 2010
Carter Center: Statement on Sudan's counting and tabulation phases, 10th May 2010
European Union (EU): EU Election Observation Mission Preliminary Statement, 17th April 2010
EU: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton, 19th April 2010
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Election Observer Mission Interim Statement, 19th April 2010
The Sudanese Group for Democracy and Elections (SuGDE) / The Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SuNDE): Election Statement, 24th April 2010
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