2 ABOUT ZESN ZESN was formed in 2000 and is currently a coalition of 36 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The major focus of the network is to promote democratic processes in general and free and fair elections in particular. ZESN is the Secretariat of the Southern Africa Development Community Election Support Network (SADC-ESN) and is a member of The Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM). ZESN is independent in its findings and conclusions. The network’s election observation missions are guided by the Constitution of Zimbabwe, electoral laws of the country, and a number of regional and international conventions and declarations to which Zimbabwe is signatory, such as the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In its work, ZESN is also guided by the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM’s) Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations and Code of Conduct for Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observers. 18 | P a g e