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Article: Remarks presented to the council of Americas.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Speech)
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- DISAM Journal
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- April 1, 2007
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[The following are excerpts of the remarks presented to the Council of Americas, New York, New York, December 12, 2006.]
The theme of the conference is about as important and topical as you can get because this has been an incredible year in terms of elections. I lost count somewhere in the course of the year, but I think we have had something like thirteen presidential and head of government elections. And when you count legislative elections or parliamentary elections, I believe that number bumps up to sixteen. I think the last election, in Saint Lucia, is taking place this week.
So we are closing a cycle which is really amazing. Nearly half of the ...