HL Deb 05 January 2004 vol 657 c7WA
The Earl of Sandwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What financial contribution they have made to the process of elections to the Constitutional Loya Jirga in Afghanistan; and what provisional assessment they have made of the extent of voter registration, turn-out and representation. [HL396]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The UK contributed £650,000 to support the public consultation on the constitution and preparations for the Constitutional Loya Jirga which started on 14 December. UN figures suggest that about 75 per cent of the 19,000 district representatives originally selected for the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002 took part in the selection of delegates for the Constitutional Loya Jirga. There are 502 Constitutional Loya Jirga delegates, over 100 of which are women.

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