Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Triesman (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 March 2007.

Cameroon: Elections

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth is providing any technical or financial assistance to support the creation of the electoral body, Elections Cameroon, or the publication of the results of the 2006 general population and housing census in Cameroon.

Answer: The UK is not currently providing any technical or financial assistance to support the creation of ELECAM, although officials and Ministers from Cameroon visited the UK in 2006 to examine our electoral arrangements. The Commonwealth has been Cameroon's partner in developing a blueprint for ELECAM. It sent expert groups twice to Cameroon to assist in drafting legislation and paid for key Ministers to visit a sample of countries to review election commissions. It is currently encouraging them to appoint ELECAM members before the legislative/municipal elections scheduled for this year. If they do so, the Commonwealth will offer technical assistance. As far as we are aware, neither the UK nor the Commonwealth has received any requests in connection with assistance to publish the results of the 2006 census.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 2293; 690 c26-7WA
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Commonwealth Development aid Census Cameroon Elections Publishing Technical assistance
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk