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Weekly Report - 13 August 2015 (WR-15-32)
HAITI: Stage one completed
“A step forward despite some incidents.” This was the conclusion reached by the electoral observer mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) regarding the first round of elections which took place on 9 August for two-thirds of Haiti’s 30-member national senate and the newly expanded 118-member lower chamber of congress (up from 99). The results are not expected to be released until 19 August, but the fact that the long overdue election took place at all has been hailed by the international community as a major step forward for Haiti which is still struggling to recover from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake.
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