UNDP Administrator Helen Clark Visit to DR Congo

UNDP Administrator and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark has visited a voter Registration Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The visit was part of Clarks first visit to Africa as Administrator that took her first to Liberia before arriving in Kinshasa.
Clark arrived in the capital Kinshasa where she met with President Joseph Kabila and later visited the UNDP supported registration center.
As a first step towards holding local elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Independent Electoral Commission, begun registering new voters on June 7th and will continue for 60 days in Kinshasa and will then be rolled out to the rest of the country.
More than 6 million new voters are expected to register over the next months using 6000 portable registration kits that include include a laptop to enter the data, a webcam, fingerprint scanner, a printer and generator.
Clark said she was happy with how the process was proceeding.
Firstly I was very impressed by the sophistication of the operation, the computerized method and the ability to issue instantly. Clark said.
UNDP and the international community continue to support the Congolese government and people in its efforts to hold transparent and fair local elections.
Helen Clark later visited eastern Congo before continuing her African tour to Ethiopia.

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