The International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) was established at the Iraq Election Monitoring Forum, held in Ottawa on December 18–20, 2004. Comprised mainly of independent electoral management bodies, the IMIE focused on the election process in Iraq as well as the registration and voting process outside Iraq. The mission was led by a steering committee composed of members of independent election commissions and electoral experts from around the world. Elections Canada established a secretariat for the mission, and assessment reports were produced on the January 30, 2005, Transitional National Assembly and governorate elections; the October 15, 2005, Constitutional Referendum; and the December 15, 2005, Council of Representative elections. Nine reports and several press releases were issued in English, Arabic and Kurdish. The reports drew on in-depth expert assessments of 10 aspects of the electoral events, based on international standards. The publication, in April 2006, of the IMIE's final reports on the Iraqi legislative elections marked the conclusion of the mission.

• January 19, 2006, News Release: IMIE Chair welcomes report of expert assessment team on Iraqi elections
  
  
• January 19, 2006, News Release: IMIE Releases Assessment Team Report
  
  
• December 29, 2005, News Release: IMIE Assessors travel to Iraq with the participation of LAS
  
  
• December 16, 2005, News Release: IMIE Releases Preliminary Statement on Iraq OCV
  
  
• December 15, 2005, News Release: IMIE Releases Interim Findings of December 15, 2005 Iraqi Elections

• December 13, 2005, News Release: IMIE Conducts Monitoring of December 15, 2005, Iraqi Elections
  
  
  

Reports

• Final Report on the December 15, 2005, Iraqi Council of Representatives Elections (April 2006) (PDF format)
  [Click here for Arabic version in PDF format]
  [Click here for Kurdish version in PDF format]
  
  
• IMIE Assessment of Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Iraq Council of Representatives Elections, December 13–15, 2005 (April 2006) (PDF format)
  [Click here for Arabic version in PDF format]
  [Click here for Kurdish version in PDF format
  
  
• Final Report on the Iraqi Constitutional Referendum, October 15, 2005 (April 2006) (PDF format)
  [Click here for Arabic version in PDF format]
  [Click here for Kurdish version in PDF format]
  
  
• Assessment Team Final Report (PDF format) – January 19, 2006
  [Click here for Arabic version in PDF format]
  [Click here for Kurdish version in PDF format]
  
  
• Preliminary Assessment of December 15, 2005, Council of Representatives elections published on December 15, 2005
  
  
• Preliminary Assessment of Iraqi Referendum (Amman, Jordan – October 15, 2005).
  
  
• Final Report of the January 30, 2005, elections published in August 2005.
  
  
• Evaluation of the Out-of-Country Voting Program for the January 30, 2005, elections published in August 2005.
  
  
• Interim assessment report of the January 30, 2005, elections published on January 30, 2005.

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