New UN report outlines measures to prevent electoral violence in
Asia |Publisher||UN News Service| |Publication Date||29 June
2011| |Cite as||UN News Service, New UN report outlines measures
to prevent electoral violence in Asia, 29 June 2011, available
at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e1c00792.html [accessed 21
May 2013]| |Disclaimer||This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR
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United Nations or its Member States.| 29 June 2011 A new United
Nations report warns that Asian nations are at risk of electoral
violence, driven by real and perceived fraud and corruption, and
stresses the need for strong oversight and other measures to
strengthen election credibility. In "Understanding Electoral
Violence in Asia," the UN Development Programme (UNDP) studies
electoral processes in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal,
Pakistan, Philippines