Commonwealth Observer Groups Explained

Commonwealth Observer Groups are groups formed to monitor elections in various countries around the world. Each group is usually made up of various statesmen from various countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. The job of each Group is to assess whether the elections are conducted fairly. At the end of the observation period, reports are written and submitted to the Commonwealth headquarters. The following are such groups formed^[1] to date:

• Antigua and Barbuda^[2]
• Bangladesh
• Cameroon^[3]
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guyana^[4]
• Fiji
• Kenya
• Lesotho^[5]
• Malawi
• Maldives
• Malta
• Mozambique^[6]
• Nigeria^[7]
• Pakistan^[8]
• Papua New Guinea
• Sierra Leone^[9]
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• St Kitts and Nevis^{[10] [11]}
• Tanzania
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uganda^[12]
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

External sources

1. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/templates/system/search.asp?as_sitesearch=www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116&access=p&entqr=0&NodeID=20643&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&site=default_collection&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&q=observer+gr<!-- Links in alphabetical order please -->oup+india&ip=89.21.18.153
2. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - Commonwealth sends Observer Group to the General Elections in Antigua and Barbuda . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081122094725/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/press/31555/34582/34793/commonwealth_sends_observer_group_to_the_general_e.htm . 2008-11-22 .
3. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39178/cameroon/{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
4. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - Guyana . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041604/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39182/guyana/ . 2011-06-05 .
5. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - Lesotho . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042048/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39184/lesotho/ . 2011-06-05 .
6. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - More Reports . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041848/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39186/142050/176333/about_bookmarks/ . 2011-06-05 .
7. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070505064137/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp . 2007-05-05 .
8. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - Pakistan . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041932/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39189/pakistan/ . 2011-06-05 .
9. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/34293/35144/174418/report_of_the_com{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}...
10. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - St Kitts and Nevis . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041635/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39191/st_kitts_and_nevis/ . 2011-06-05 .
11. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - South Africa . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041705/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39195/south_africa/ . 2011-06-05 .
12. Web site: Commonwealth Secretariat - 2006 Uganda Elections - Final Report . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042130/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/176283/177357/149671/uganda.htm . 2011-06-05 .