Angola: International electoral observer missions for the 2008 election

Updated October 2008

Observer mission manual

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's Namibia Office has published a manual, in Portuguese, for observers of the 2008 Angolan National Assembly elections. It can be downloaded at [www] http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/dokument_id-14260/index.html [opens new window] (accessed 26 Aug 2008).

Observer missions

• African Union
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries "Declaração Preliminar da M.O. às eleições em Angola", 7 Sep 2008, [www] http://www.cplp.org/Default.aspx?ID=316&Action=1&NewsId=286&PID=304 [opens new window] (accessed 3 Sep 2008)
• Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) "Communiqués de presse", 3 April 2008, [www] http://www.ceeac-eccas.org/index.php?rubrique=documentation&cat=1&id=201 [opens new window] (accessed 3 oct 2008).
• EISA sent a technical team; Press Release
• European Union (EU); deployed 40 long-term Observers on 9 August 2008:
  Official site: [www] http://eueom-ao.org/ [opens new window] (accessed 26 Aug 2008).
  "Preliminary Statement", 8 sep 2008, [www] http://eueom-ao.org/EN/PDF/EUEOM_ANGOLA_2008_PS_EN.pdf [PDF Document, opens new window] (accessed 9 sep 2008).
• Pan African Parliament "Interim Statement", 7 Sep 2008, [www] http://www.pan-african-parliament.org/Documents/PAP%20Interim%20Statement%20English%20FINAL.doc.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 10 Sep 2008)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• SADC Electoral Commissioners' Forum (SADC-ECF), Observation Statement [PDF document], 8 Sep 2008
• United States Embassy, "Declaration by the Electoral Observation Team", 9 Sep 2008, [www] http://angola.usembassy.gov/declaration_by_the_united_states_embassy_electoral_observation_team.html [opens new window] (accessed 10 Sep 2008)