{"id":196444,"date":"2006-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196444"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:12:50","slug":"auto-insert-196444","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196444\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting in West Bank and Gaza &#8220;appears to be going well&#8221; &#8211; European Parliament press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#602162;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Delegations<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color:#602162;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">25-01-2006<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color:#602162;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">15:05<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#004080;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Voting in West Bank and Gaza &#8220;appears to be going well&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Election day appears to have started well, according to Edward McMillan Scott and Pasqualina Napoletano, Chairman and Vice-chair of the largest delegation of elected observers &#8211; 27 MEPs &#8211; in the West Bank and Gaza for the legislative elections. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">They have made the following statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8220;As voting continues in the Palestinian elections, the first informal impressions of the European Parliament observation delegation are that &#8211; much as in last year&#8217;s presidential election &#8211; the voting process appears to be going well.&nbsp;&nbsp;The enthusiasm of the Palestinian voters is evident &#8211; if sometimes exaggerated in the presence of supporters outside polling stations.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The EP delegation will make a formal statement at a press conference tomorrow, Thursday 26 January, at 1pm at theAmbassador Hotel, Nablus Road, Jerusalem.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">V&#233;ronique de Keyser &#8211; Chief EU Election Observer<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Edward McMillan-Scott &#8211; Chairman, European Parliament Observation Delegation<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">REF.: 20060125IPR04700<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"586px\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"586\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ralph PINE<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Press service<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2016%2016%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/26f1f40dfc769e26852571870068b41f_image0.EMF\" border=\"0\" height=\"16px\" width=\"16px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">: <\/span><span style=\"color:#602162;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">ralph.pine@europarl.europa.eu<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2016%2016%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/26f1f40dfc769e26852571870068b41f_image1.EMF\" border=\"0\" height=\"16px\" width=\"16px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">: (32) 0498.983.587<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2016%2016%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2716%27%20height%3D%2716%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/26f1f40dfc769e26852571870068b41f_image2.EMF\" border=\"0\" height=\"16px\" width=\"16px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">: + 972 54 681 6382<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegations&nbsp;&#8211; 25-01-2006&nbsp;&#8211; 15:05 Voting in West Bank and Gaza &#8220;appears to be going well&#8221; Election day appears to have started well, according to Edward McMillan Scott and Pasqualina Napoletano, Chairman and Vice-chair of the largest delegation of elected observers &#8211; 27 MEPs &#8211; in the West Bank and Gaza for the legislative elections. 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