Preface
NORDEM was requested by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
recruit an election expert who could advise the Norwegian Embassy in Harare
on issues relating to the 31 March 2005 parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.
Mr. KåreVollan was appointed and he spent three weeks in Zimbabwe from 20
March to 5 April.
Mr. Vollan has 15 years experience from observation and administration of
elections in the OSCE-region, Middle East and Africa. He was heading the
Norwegian Election Observation Mission to Zimbabwe in 2002.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights / NORDEM
University of Oslo
June 2005