Almotamar.net - A delegation representing the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum SCER, representing is to take part in the International Conference on Elections management to be held in Kuwait on Sunday. The delegation, which left for Kuwait on Saturday, includes member of the SCER, the Head of Technical Affairs and Planning Dr Mohammed al-Siyani and membership of the Head of the sector of Legal Affairs and the Director General for Training.
Dr al-Siyani said the conference, organised in collaboration with the US State Department’s Middle East Partnership Centre, would over two days discuss a number of issues related to management of the electoral process in the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf.
Yemen news agency quoted Dr al-Siyani as saying the conference is a good opportunity for the exchange of expertise among the participant countries in the aspects connected to managing the electoral process.
On the other hand the Head of the SCER’s Sector for Information Abdeh Mohammed al-Janadi valued all forms of consultative and technical support offered to the SCER in Yemen by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems IFES, confirming keenness of the SCER on continuation of partnership and cooperation between the two sides.
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