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There are a number of ways and means in which the Council can and does act. We are very interested in – and want to support – the democratisation process in Ethiopia.
I should like to mention briefly some of the instruments that we are using, one of which is the question of parliamentary procedures. We looked into them and took them into consideration. We have conducted a number of studies and want to help the parliament to improve its parliamentary procedures in order to enhance the possibilities of the opposition parties and to raise those procedures to international standards. In that connection, we are also trying to design programmes and projects to educate parliamentarians.
We are helping with logistical support for the expansion and construction of a parliamentary infrastructure. The parliament, as far as I know, has no facilities for the opposition parties. They have no technical means of communication, so we are trying, together with the UNDP, to design projects which would be helpful in that respect.
We are also helping the parliamentarians – in particular those from opposition parties – to travel to other parliaments to gain experience: to the parliaments of, for example, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. As you will know, the party landscape in Ethiopia is still very young, very underdeveloped, and we are trying to introduce those inexperienced parliamentarians to more traditional parliaments so that they can learn from them.
We are helping to reform the National Election Board, a very interesting initiative in my view. Our ambassadors in Ethiopia are working on that to ensure that the National Election Board corresponds to international standards."@en1
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