PRESS STATEMENT: UNAMA proposes additional audit for preliminary results of election --- KABUL, 11 July 2014 – At a meeting convened by the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, yesterday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presented its proposal for an additional audit which aims to strengthen the credibility of the country’s electoral process and acceptance of the results from the recent Presidential election run-off by both campaigns and all Afghans. -- Amongst others, those in attendance at the meeting included the country’s First Vice President Yunus Qanuni; its Second Vice President, Karim Khalili; the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani; the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), Abdul Sattar Sadaat; the Chief Justice, Abdul Salam Azimi; and the General Director of the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of the Constitution, Gul Rahman Qazi. -- For weeks, both Presidential candidates have requested a full investigation of serious and credible allegations of fraud and have strongly urged measures that would separate fraudulent ballots from valid votes. UNAMA shares these concerns and supports an extensive and thorough investigation and audit. -- At the request of the two Presidential candidates and the Afghan authorities, the United Nations has over the past days held numerous meetings with representatives of both Presidential campaigns to discuss measures to increase the integrity and credibility of the run-off. -- Based on extensive consultation with the two campaigns, the following set of audit criteria are contained in the proposal put forward by the UN: -- More, http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=12254&ctl=Details&mid=15756&ItemID=38139&language=en-US