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Commonwealth Observer Groups

Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) is a team appointed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General to observe elections in member countries. 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 to date:Antigua and Barbuda Bangladesh Cameroon Gambia Ghana Guyana Fiji Kenya Lesotho Malawi Maldives Malta Mozambique Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone South Africa Sri Lanka St Kitts and Nevis Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

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Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) is a team appointed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General to observe elections in member countries. 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 formed1 to date:

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  3. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/39079/141116/39178/cameroon/
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  5. "Commonwealth Secretariat - Lesotho". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
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  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2014-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Commonwealth Secretariat - Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  9. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/34293/35144/174418/report_of_the_com...
  10. "Commonwealth Secretariat - St Kitts and Nevis". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  11. "Commonwealth Secretariat - South Africa". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  12. "Commonwealth Secretariat - 2006 Uganda Elections - Final Report". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.